Country Christmas

Country Christmas
Studio album by Loretta Lynn
Released 1966
Genre Country
Label Decca
Producer Owen Bradley
Loretta Lynn chronology

You Ain't Woman Enough
(1966)		 Country Christmas
(1966)		 Don't Come a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)
(1967)
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Country Christmas is a 1966 Christmas album by American country music singer-songwriter, Loretta Lynn.

The album was Lynn's third studio album of the year. This album was Lynn's only Holiday-oriented album of her career. The album yielded one single, "To Heck With Ole Santa Claus", a song which Lynn wrote. The album includes two additional Lynn compositions (and one more song she co-wrote) about the Christmas season. The album also features popular holiday songs including "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "White Christmas", and "Frosty the Snowman".

The album reached a peak position of #103 on the Billboard 200 only in late 1966.

Track listing

  1. "Country Christmas" – 2:03 (Lynn)
  2. "Away In a Manger" – 2:20 (Traditional)
  3. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" – 2:08 (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)
  4. "Silver Bells" – 2:00 (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)
  5. "Blue Christmas" – 2:27 (Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson)
  6. "It Won't Seem Like Christmas" – 2:09 (Lynn)
  7. "To Heck With Ole Santa Claus" – 2:01 (Lynn)
  8. "White Christmas" – 2:02 (Irving Berlin)
  9. "Frosty the Snowman" – 2:58 (Steve Nelson, Walter E. Rollins)
  10. "Christmas Without Daddy" – 2:07 (Webb)
  11. "I Won't Decorate Your Christmas Tree" – 2:05 (Bob Cummings, Barbara Cummings, Cummings, Lynn)
  12. "Gift of the Blues" – 2:19 (Hank Cochran)

Personnel

Chart positions

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1966 Country Albums N/A
1966 Pop Albums 103

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1966 "To Heck With Ole Santa Claus" Country Singles N/A