For Christmas

For Christmas
Studio album by Amanda Shires
Released	November 12, 2021 (2021-11-12) [1]
Studio	Sound Emporium [1]
Genre	Country Americana Christmas
Length	38:38 [1]
Label	Silver Knife Records
Producer	Lawrence Rothman [2]
Amanda Shires chronology
To the Sunset (2018) For Christmas (2021) Take It Like a Man (2023)

For Christmas is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Amanda Shires. The album was recorded in Nashville at Sound Emporium and produced by Lawrence Rothman. Released on November 12, 2021 on the Silver Knife label, the album features several holiday-themed piano songs with Shires' non-traditional, often darkly humorous lyrics. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Track listing

All songs by Amanda Shires except 7, 8. ^{[1] [2]}

1. "Magic Ooooooh" (featuring The McCrary Sisters) - 04:13
2. "A Real Tree This Year" - 03:15
3. "Let's Get Away" (featuring The McCrary Sisters) - 03:21
4. "Home to Me" - 03:39
5. "Blame It on the Mistletoe" (featuring The McCrary Sisters) - 03:18
6. "Slow Falling Snow" - 03:39
7. "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (Frank Loesser) ^[3] - 02:28
8. "Silent Night" (Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, Amanda Shires) - 04:13
9. "Gone for Christmas" - 03:52
10. "Wish for You" - 03:28
11. "Always Christmas Around Here" (featuring Lawrence Rothman) - 03:12

Personnel

as listed in the CD digisleeve: ^[2]

Musicians

• Amanda Shires - vocals, fiddle, violin
• Pat Buchanan - guitars
• Fred Eltringham - drums
• Jimbo Hart - bass
• Peter Levin - keyboards
• Art Edmainston - tenor sax
• Kirk Smothers - baritone sax
• Marc Franklin - trumpet
• Jason J. Yasinsky - trombone
• Lawrence Rothman - guitar

The McCrary Sisters

• Ann McCrary
• Regina McCrary
• Alfreda McCrary

Production

• Lawrence Rothman - producer, mixing
• Pete Lyman - mastering
• Lewis Remenapp - engineering

References

1. "For Christmas - Amanda Shires". AllMusic. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
2. For Christmas (CD digisleeve). Nashville: Silver Knife. 2021. SK005-5915.
3. Budnick, Dean (December 22, 2021). "Track By Track: Amanda Shires 'For Christmas'". Relix. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
4. MacIntosh, Dan. "Amanda Shires - For Christmas". Country Standard Time. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
5. Ferguson, Maeri (November 29, 2021). "The 2021 No Depression Guide to Holiday Music That Doesn't Suck". No Depression. Retrieved November 29, 2025.