A Merry Little Christmas (Linda Ronstadt album)

A Merry Little Christmas is a Christmas/Holiday album by American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt, released in 2000. It was the final release under Ronstadt's recording contract with the Elektra/Asylum Records label for whom Linda had recorded since 1973 (twenty-seven years).

It was the biggest-selling Holiday album of the 2000 Christmas season. It peaked at #179 on Billboard's main album chart and has continued to sell year in and year out. Among the highlights of this disc are Ronstadt's duet with the late Rosemary Clooney on the perennial track "White Christmas" and her ultra-somber interpretation of Joni Mitchell's "River".

Track listing

1. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) – 4:24
2. "I'll Be Home For Christmas" (Buck Ram, Kim Gannon, Walter Kent) – 4:15
3. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 4:22
4. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) – 3:55
5. "River" (Joni Mitchell) – 4:10
6. "O come, O come, Emmanuel" (John Mason Neale) – 3:29
7. "Xicochi, Xicochi" (Gaspar Fernandez) – 2:17
8. "I Wonder As I Wander" (John Jacob Niles, Traditional) – 3:20
9. "Away In A Manger" (Traditional) – 2:08
10. "Lo, How A Rose E're Blooming" (Traditional) – 2:10
11. "Welsh Carol" (Traditional) – 3:57
12. "Past Three O'Clock" (George Ratcliffe Woodward, Traditional) – 0:41
13. "O Magnum Mysterium" (Traditional) – 3:19
14. "Silent Night" (Josef Mohr) – 3:06