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Goin' Home for Christmas

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Released
  
November 1982

Goin' Home for Christmas(1982)
  
Pancho & Lefty(1983)

Release date
  
November 1982

Label
  
Legacy Recordings

Length
  
28:55

Artist
  
Producer
  
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Genres
  
Country music, Christmas music

Similar
  
Merle Haggard albums, Country music albums

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Goin' Home for Christmas is the 36th studio album by American country singer Merle Haggard, released in 1982. A Christmas album, it reached Number 41 on the Billboard Country album chart. It was re-issued on Epic in 1984 with a completely different sleeve. Subsequent re-issues have reverted to variations of the original sleeve, but with a bonus track, "White Christmas" added. This extra track was recorded in 1986 and released in 1988 on the various artist collection "Nashville's Greatest Christmas Hits" (Columbia CK 44412).

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Merle haggard goin home for christmas 1982


Critical reception

The AllMusic review states: "Merle Haggard's contribution to the holiday season is a generally festive affair... Mostly though, Haggard is an unexpectedly sensitive interpreter of these seasonal favorites."

Track listing

All songs by Merle Haggard unless otherwise noted:

  1. "Goin' Home for Christmas" – 2:28
  2. "Grandma's Homemade Christmas Card" – 2:17
  3. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:14
  4. "Santa Claus and Popcorn" – 2:32
  5. "Daddy Won't Be Home Again for Christmas" – 3:23
  6. "If We Make It Through December" – 2::39
  7. "Bobby Wants a Puppy Dog for Christmas" – 2:09
  8. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 2:47
  9. "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson) – 2:08
  10. "Lonely Night" (M. L. Butler, Freddy Powers) – 2:53

Songs

1Goin' Home for Christmas2:30
2Grandma's Homemade Christmas Card2:19
3Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town2:16

References

Goin' Home for Christmas Wikipedia


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