Merry Christmas Strait to You!

Merry Christmas Strait to You! is the first Christmas album by American country music artist George Strait, released on September 8, 1986 by MCA Records. It reached #17 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and is certified double platinum by the RIAA.

Track listing

Personnel

• George Strait – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
• John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitars
• Larry Byrom – electric guitars
• Reggie Young – electric guitar
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• David Hungate – bass guitar
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Johnny Gimble – fiddle
• Curtis Young – backing vocals

Production

• Jimmy Bowen – producer
• George Strait – producer
• Bob Bullock – recording, overdub recording, mixing
• Steve Tillisch – overdub recording
• Mark J. Coddington – second engineer
• Tim Kish – second engineer
• Russ Martin – second engineer
• Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Simon Levy – art direction
• Tal Howard – design
• Mike Drake – illustration
• Peter Nash – photography
• Erv Woolsey – management

Chart positions

Certifications

References