Merry Christmas Strait to You! is the first Christmas album by American country music artist George Strait, released on September 8, 1986 by MCA Records. It reached #17 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and is certified double platinum by the RIAA.
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| Released | September 8, 1986 | |||
| Studio | Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
| Genre | Country, Christmas | |||
| Length | 26:38 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
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Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "White Christmas" | Irving Berlin | 3:03 |
| 2. | "There's a New Kid in Town" | Don Cook, Curly Putman, Keith Whitley | 4:27 |
| 3. | "Winter Wonderland" | Felix Bernard, Richard Bernhard Smith | 2:23 |
| 4. | "Merry Christmas Strait to You" | Bob Kelly | 2:40 |
| 5. | "Away in a Manger" | James R. Murray | 2:44 |
| 6. | "For Christ's Sake, It's Christmas" | Hank Cochran, Dean Dillon | 3:13 |
| 7. | "Frosty the Snowman" | Walter E. Rollins, Steve Nelson | 2:18 |
| 8. | "When It's Christmas Time in Texas" | Benny McArthur | 3:09 |
| 9. | "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" | John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie | 2:12 |
| 10. | "What a Merry Christmas This Could Be" | Cochran, Harlan Howard | 3:05 |
| Total length: | 26:38[1] | ||
Personnel
edit- George Strait – lead vocals
- John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitars
- Larry Byrom – electric guitars
- Reggie Young – electric guitar
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- David Hungate – bass guitar
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Johnny Gimble – fiddle
- Curtis Young – backing vocals
Production
edit- Jimmy Bowen – producer
- George Strait – producer
- Bob Bullock – recording, overdub recording, mixing
- Steve Tillisch – overdub recording
- Mark J. Coddington – second engineer
- Tim Kish – second engineer
- Russ Martin – second engineer
- Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Simon Levy – art direction
- Tal Howard – design
- Mike Drake – illustration
- Peter Nash – photography
- Erv Woolsey – management
Chart positions
edit| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 17 |