A Crystal Christmas

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A Crystal Christmas
A crystal christmas.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1986
RecordedBullet Recording and The Loft (Nashville, Tennessee).
Genre Country
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer Jim Ed Norman
Crystal Gayle chronology
Straight to the Heart
(1986)
A Crystal Christmas
(1986)
What If We Fall in Love?
(1986)

A Crystal Christmas was the first holiday album by Crystal Gayle. All the songs on this album are classic holiday compositions with no new songs. It was released in October 1986.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."White Christmas" Irving Berlin 3:15
2."Oh Holy Night"Traditional3:08
3."Winter Wonderland" Felix Bernard, Richard Smith 2:18
4."I'll Be Home for Christmas" Kim Gannon, Walter Kent 4:23
5."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane 3:48
6."Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" Johnny Marks 2:54
7."Little Drummer Boy" Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone 3:42
8."The Christmas Song" Robert Wells, Mel Tormé 3:06
9."Jingle Bells"Traditional2:44
10."Silver Bells" Jay Livingston, Ray Evans 4:07
11."Silent Night"Traditional2:57

Personnel

Production

Chart performance

Chart (1987)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums69

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