A Traditional Christmas

Studio album by Joe Nichols

Released

September 28, 2004

Recorded

May 2004

Joe Nichols chronology

Revelation
(2004)

A Traditional Christmas
(2004)

III
(2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

A Traditional Christmas is a Christmas album by country music artist Joe Nichols. It was released in 2004 on Show Dog-Universal Music. The record is Nichols' first album of Christmas music, and was also his second release in the year 2004. It consists of ten renditions of traditional Christmas tunes.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"	Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne	2:10
2.	"Away in a Manger"	Traditional	2:50
3.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram	2:06
4.	"Silent Night"	Traditional	3:37
5.	"White Christmas"	Irving Berlin	3:11
6.	"Silver Bells"	Ray Evans, Jay Livingston	3:23
7.	"Winter Wonderland"	Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith	3:03
8.	"O Holy Night"	Traditional	3:35
9.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin	4:23
10.	"The Christmas Song"	Mel Tormé, Bob Wells	3:01

2011 digital re-release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Old Toy Trains"	Roger Miller	2:15

Personnel

Lisa Cochran- background vocals
Shannon Forrest- drums
Wes Hightower- background vocals
Jim Hoke- accordion, autoharp, clarinet, harmonica, recorder, soprano saxophone, tin whistle
David Hungate- upright bass
Gordon Mote- organ, piano, synthesizer
Joe Nichols- lead vocals
Brent Rowan- electric guitar, keyboards
Bryan Sutton- acoustic guitar, hi-string guitar

Chart performance

Chart (2004)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	47
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums	19

References

↑ Dinoia, Maria Konicki. "A Traditional Christmas review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 17, 2011.

Joe Nichols
Studio albums	Joe Nichols Man with a Memory Revelation A Traditional Christmas III Real Things Old Things New It's All Good Crickets
Compilations	Greatest Hits
Top 40 singles	"The Impossible" "Brokenheartsville" "She Only Smokes When She Drinks" "Cool to Be a Fool" "If Nobody Believed in You" "What's a Guy Gotta Do" "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off" "Size Matters (Someday)" "I'll Wait for You" "Another Side of You" "It Ain't No Crime" "Believers" "Gimmie That Girl" "The Shape I'm In" "Take It Off" "Sunny and 75" "Yeah" "Hard to Be Cool" "Freaks Like Me"
Related topics	Discography Show Dog-Universal Music Red Bow Records

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