An Old Time Christmas
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An Old Time Christmas is an album of Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...

 music by country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Randy Travis
Randy Travis
Randy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits...

. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA.

Track listing

  1. "Old Time Christmas" (Stewart Harris) - 3:13
  2. "Winter Wonderland
    Winter Wonderland
    "Winter Wonderland" is a winter song, popularly treated as a Christmastime pop standard, written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith . Through the decades it has been recorded by over 150 different artists.-History:...

    " (Felix Bernard
    Felix Bernard
    Felix Bernard was an American conductor, pianist and a composer of popular music. His writing credits include the popular songs Winter Wonderland and Dardanella.-Biography:...

    , Dick Smith) - 2:22
  3. "Meet Me Under The Mistletoe" (Joe Collins, Mark Irwin, Betsy Jackson) - 2:43
  4. "White Christmas Makes Me Blue" (Rich Grissom, Neil Patton Rogers) - 3:25
  5. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
    Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
    "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" is a Christmas song. It was written by John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie, and was first sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934....

    " (J. Fred Coots
    J. Fred Coots
    John Frederick Coots was an American songwriter. He wrote over 700 songs.He is most famous for the song "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", a song that became one of the biggest best sellers in American music history....

    , Haven Gillespie
    Haven Gillespie
    James Lamont "Haven" Gillespie was an American Tin Pan Alley composer and lyricist. He was the writer of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" as well as "You Go to My Head", "Honey", "By the Sycamore Tree", "That Lucky Old Sun", "Breezin' Along With The Breeze", "Right or Wrong," "Beautiful Love",...

    ) - 2:05
  6. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
    God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
    God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen is an English traditional Christmas carol. The melody is in Aeolian mode. It was published by William B...

    " (Traditional) - 2:45
  7. "Pretty Paper" (Willie Nelson
    Willie Nelson
    Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...

    ) - 2:38
  8. "Oh, What A Silent Night" (Mark Collie
    Mark Collie
    George Mark Collie is an American country music artist and occasional actor. He has released eight albums, and has charted 16 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His highest peaking singles are "Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin'" at #5, and "Born to Love You" at #6, from 1992 and...

    , Kathy Louvin) - 2:32
  9. "How Do I Wrap My Heart Up For Christmas" (Paul Overstreet
    Paul Overstreet
    Paul Lester Overstreet is an American country music singer and songwriter. He recorded 10 studio albums between 1982 and 2005, and charted 16 singles on the Billboard country charts, including two #1 hits...

    , Randy Travis) - 2:47
  10. "The Christmas Song
    The Christmas Song
    "The Christmas Song" is a classic Christmas song written in 1944 by musician, composer, and vocalist Mel Tormé and Bob Wells. According to Tormé, the song was written during a blistering hot summer...

    " (Mel Tormé
    Mel Tormé
    Melvin Howard Tormé , nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known for his jazz singing. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, a drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books...

    , Robert Wells) - 3:16

Chart performance

Chart (1989) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 13
U.S. Billboard 200 70
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums 5
Canadian RPM Top Albums 49
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