- country, christmas
- 25 min
- 10 tracks
- Capitol Records
Merle Haggard's Christmas Present is the eighteenth studio album by American country singer Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers, released in 1973. 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.
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Classical in form, warm, spare and character-led.
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
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Tracks
- A1If We Make It Through December2:41
- A2Santa Claus and Popcorn2:11
- A3Bobby Wants a Puppy Dog for Christmas2:11
- A4Daddy Won’t Be Home Again for Christmas3:04
- A5Grandma’s Christmas Card1:49
- B1White Christmas2:30
- B2Silver Bells3:19
- B3Winter Wonderland2:30
- B4Silent Night2:27
- B5Jingle Bells2:19
10 tracks, 25 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Merle Haggard
- Label
- Capitol Records
- Released
- 1973-11
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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