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Merle Haggard's Christmas Present 
Cover to the standard edition of the albumStudio album by Merle Haggard Released November 1973 Recorded January and July 1973, Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville, TN Genre Country, Christmas Label Capitol Producer Ken Nelson, Fuzzy Owen Merle Haggard chronology I Love Dixie Blues
(1973)Merle Haggard's Christmas Present
(1973)If We Make It Through December
(1974)Alternative Cover 
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[1]Merle Haggard's Christmas Present is a Christmas album by American country singer Merle Haggard, released in 1973.[2] The single, "If We Make It Through December" spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in December 1973 and January 1974, and cracked the Top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100. "If We Make It Through December" was the No. 2 song of the year on Billboard's Hot Country Singles 1974 year-end chart. [1]
Contents
Track listing
All songs by Merle Haggard unless otherwise noted.
- "If We Make It Through December" – 2:42
- "Santa Claus and Popcorn" – 2:13
- "Bobby Wants a Puppy Dog for Christmas" – 2:13
- "Daddy Won't Be Home Again for Christmas" – 3:04
- "Grandma's Homemade Christmas Card" – 1:50
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 2:28
- "Silver Bells" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) – 3:20
- "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 2:31
- "Silent Night" (Josef Mohr, Franz Xaver Gruber) – 2:29
- "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont) – 2:21
Personnel
- Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar
- Roy Nichols – guitar, harmonica
- Red Lane – guitar
- Bobby Wayne – guitar
- Dave Kirby – guitar
- Marcy Nichols – guitar
- Ray Edenton – guitar
- Jerry Shooks– guitar
- Jimmy Capps – guitar
- Norman Hamlet – pedal steel guitar, dobro
- Dennis Hromek – bass
- Joe Zinkan – bass
- Ronnie Reno – bass
- Henry Strzelecki – bass
- Biff Adam – drums
- William Harris – drums
- Johnny Gimble – fiddle
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano, organ
- Jerry Whitehurst – piano
- Mark Yeary – piano
- Farrell Morris – percussion
- Bill Puett – horns
Chart positions
Year Chart Position 1973 Billboard Pop albums 4 References
Merle Haggard The Strangers: Roy Nichols • Norman Hamlet • Biff Adam • Dennis Hromek • Bobby Wayne
Marcia Nichols · Eddie Burris · George French · Jerry WardStudio albums Strangers · Swinging Doors · I'm a Lonesome Fugitive · Branded Man · Sing Me Back Home · The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde · Mama Tried · Pride in What I Am · Same Train, A Different Time · A Portrait of Merle Haggard · A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills) · Hag · Someday We'll Look Back · Let Me Tell You About a Song · It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) · If We Make It Through December · Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album · Keep Movin' On · It's All in the Movies · My Love Affair with Trains · The Roots of My Raising · Ramblin' Fever · A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today · My Farewell to Elvis · I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall · Serving 190 Proof · The Way I Am · Back to the Barrooms · Big City · Going Where the Lonely Go · That's the Way Love Goes · It's All in the Game · Kern River · Out Among the Stars · A Friend in California · Chill Factor · 5:01 Blues · Blue Jungle · 1994 · 1996 · If I Could Only Fly · Roots, Volume 1 · The Peer Sessions · Haggard Like Never Before · Unforgettable · Chicago Wind · The Bluegrass Sessions · I Am What I Am · Working in TennesseeLive albums Okie from Muskogee · The Fightin' Side of Me · I Love Dixie Blues · Rainbow Stew: Live at Anaheim Stadium · The Epic Collection · Amber Waves of Grain · Motorcycle Cowboy: Live at Billy Bob's Texas · Ol' Country Singer · Live from Austin, TX · Live from Austin, TX '78Gospel albums The Land of Many Churches · Songs for the Mama That Tried · Cabin in the Hills · Two Old Friends with Albert E. Brumley, Jr.Holiday albums Merle Haggard's Christmas Present · Goin' Home for Christmas · Pancho, Lefty and Rudolph with Willie Nelson · I Wish I Was Santa ClausThe Strangers albums Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's Strangers · Introducing My Friends The Strangers · Getting to Know Merle Haggard's Strangers · Honky Tonkin' · Totally Instrumental (With One Exception...)Singles 1960s"Sing a Sad Song" · "Sam Hill" · "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers" · "I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can" · "Swinging Doors" · "The Bottle Let Me Down" · "The Fugitive" · "Someone Told My Story" · "I Threw Away the Rose" · "Branded Man" · "Sing Me Back Home" · "The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde" · "Mama Tried" · "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" · "Hungry Eyes" · "Workin' Man Blues" · "Okie from Muskogee"1970s"The Fightin' Side of Me" · "Jesus, Take a Hold" · "I Can't Be Myself" · "Soldier's Last Letter" · "Someday We'll Look Back" · "Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)" · "Carolyn" · "Grandma Harp" · "It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)" · "I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me" · "The Emptiest Arms in the World" · "Everybody's Had the Blues" · "If We Make It Through December" · "Things Aren't Funny Anymore" · "Old Man from the Mountain" · "Kentucky Gambler" · "Always Wanting You" · "Movin' On" · "It's All in the Movies" · "The Roots of My Raising" · "Here Comes the Freedom Train" · "Cherokee Maiden" · "If We're Not Back in Love by Monday" · "Ramblin' Fever" · "A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today" · "From Graceland to the Promised Land" · "Running Kind" · "I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall" · "It's Been a Great Afternoon" · "The Way It Was in '51" · "Red Bandana" · "My Own Kind of Hat" ·1980s – 1990s"The Way I Am" · "Misery and Gin" · "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" · "Leonard" · "Rainbow Stew" · "My Favorite Memory" · "Big City" · "Dealing with the Devil" · "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)" · "Going Where the Lonely Go" · "You Take Me for Granted" · "What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)" · "It's All in the Game" · "That's the Way Love Goes" · "Someday When Things Are Good" · "Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room" · "A Place to Fall Apart" · "Make-Up and Faded Blue Jeans" · "Kern River" · "Amber Waves of Grain" · "American Waltz" · "A Friend in California" · "Out Among the Stars" · "Almost Persuaded" · "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star" · "Chill Factor" · "We Never Touch at All" · "You Babe" · "5:01 Blues" · "A Better Love Next Time" · "If You Want to Be My Woman" · "Broken Friend" · "When It Rains It Pours" · "In My Next Life"Collaborations AlbumsJust Between the Two of Us with Bonnie Owens · A Taste of Yesterday's Wine with George Jones · Pancho & Lefty with Willie Nelson · Heart to Heart with Leona Williams · Walking the Line with George Jones and Willie Nelson · Seashores of Old Mexico with Willie Nelson · Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again with George Jones · Last of the Breed with Willie Nelson and Ray PriceSingles"Just Between the Two of Us" with Bonnie Owens · "The Bull and the Beaver" with Leona Williams · "Bar Room Buddies" with Clint Eastwood · "Yesterday's Wine" with George Jones · "C.C. Waterback" with George Jones · "Reasons to Quit" with Willie Nelson · "Pancho and Lefty" with Willie Nelson · "We're Strangers Again" with Leona Williams · "If I Could Only Fly" with Willie Nelson · "That's the Way Love Goes" with Jewel · "Wreck on the Highway" with Chester SmithGuest appearances "Street Singer" by The Strangers · "Willie" by Hank Cochran · "Walking the Floor Over You" by Ernest Tubb · "I Can't Hold Myself in Line" by Johnny Paycheck · "Lefty" by David Frizzell · "Same Old Train" from Tribute to Tradition · "Politically Uncorrect" by Gretchen WilsonCompilations The Best of Merle Haggard · Close-Up · The Best of the Best of Merle Haggard · Songs I'll Always Sing · Eleven Winners · The Way It Was in '51 · Merle Haggard's Greatest Hits · His Epic Hits: The First 11 (To Be Continued...) · His Best · His Greatest and His Best · The Lonesome Fugitive · Untamed Hawk · Vintage Collections · Down Every Road · Yesterday's Wine 1981-1988 · A&E Biography · 16 Biggest Hits · For the Record: 43 Legendary Hits · Merle Haggard's Train Whistle Blues · 20 Greatest Hits · David Allan Coe Presents · 40 #1 Hits · The Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years · Hag: The Best of Merle HaggardRelated articles Categories:- 1973 Christmas albums
- Merle Haggard albums
- Christmas albums by American artists
- Capitol Records Christmas albums
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