Have Yourself a Tractors Christmas

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Have Yourself a Tractors Christmas
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ReleasedOctober 10, 1995 (1995-10-10)
Genre Country
Length40:58
Label Arista Nashville
Producer Steve Ripley
Walt Richmond
The Tractors chronology
The Tractors
(1994)
Have Yourself a Tractors Christmas
(1995)
Farmers in a Changing World
(1998)
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Have Yourself a Tractors Christmas is the second studio album and first Christmas album by American country music band The Tractors. It was released by Arista Nashville on October 10, 1995. The album peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. [2]

Contents

Artwork

The album's artwork has the background of a wrapped Christmas present. It features red stripes on the front and back and wrapping is beige and also features an oval with a picture of a tractor. The CD shows a black-and-white picture of Santa Claus.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie 3:44
2."Jingle My Bells"Walt Richmond2:44
3."The Shelter"Wiley Hunt3:36
4."Rockin' This Christmas"Richmond, Steve Ripley, Rick Robbins, Jim Sweney3:47
5."Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy" Buck Owens, Don Rich 2:35
6."Christmas Is Comin'"Casey VanBeek3:59
7."Santa Claus Is Comin' (In a Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train)"Richmond, Ripley3:57
8."Baby Wanna Be by You"VanBeek3:30
9."Swingin' Home for Christmas"Ripley3:13
10."White Christmas" Irving Berlin 2:02
11."The Santa Claus Boogie"Ripley3:51
12."Silent Night, Christmas Blue" 3:40

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