The Season for Romance is a 2002 Christmas

Christmas music

Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season, which tends to begin in the months leading up the actual holiday and end in the weeks shortly thereafter.-Early:...

 album from Lee Ann Womack

Lee Ann Womack

Lee Ann Womack is an American country music singer and songwriter, who is best known for her old fashioned-styled country music songs that often discuss subjects such as cheating and lost love....

. It was released two months after her fourth studio album, Something Worth Leaving Behind

Something Worth Leaving Behind

Something Worth Leaving Behind is a 2002 album from Lee Ann Womack. It peaked on the Billboard 200 at #16 and the Top Country Albums at #2. Two singles were released from the album; the title-track and "Forever Everyday"...

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Track listing

1. "The Season for Romance" (Phil Swann, Greg Barnhill) – 4:09
2. "Baby, It's Cold Outside
   Baby, It's Cold Outside
   Baby, It's Cold Outside may refer to:*"Baby, It's Cold Outside", a 1948 song by Frank Loesser*"Cold Outside", a song by country music band Big House from their self-titled debut album*"Baby, It's Cold Outside", a 1991 short story by Isaac Asimov...
   
   " (Frank Loesser
   Frank Loesser
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   ) – 3:45
   • duet with Harry Connick, Jr.
     Harry Connick, Jr.
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3. "Let It Snow/Winter Wonderland
   Winter Wonderland
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   " (Dick Smith, Felix Bernard, Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 4:23
4. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
   Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
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   " (Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) – 4:29
5. "Silent Night
   Silent Night
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   " (Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr) – 2:30
6. "White Christmas
   White Christmas (song)
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   " (Irving Berlin
   Irving Berlin
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   ) – 4:25
7. "Forever Christmas Eve" (Phil Swann, Barnhill) – 4:28
8. "The Man with the Bag" (Dudley Brooks, Hal Stanley, Irving Taylor) – 2:31
9. "The Christmas Song
   The Christmas Song
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   " (Mel Tormé
   Mel Tormé
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   , Robert Wells) – 4:01
10. "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" (Loesser) – 4:31

Reception

Editors at The Gazette

The Gazette (Montreal)

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gave the album three and a half stars and wrote, "Womack casts aside most of her country roots and offers up the kind of seasonal album recorded years ago by singers named Frank, Tony and Ella. A few songs, including the quiet title track and The Man With the Bag, a swinging Santa Claus tune, have their debut here. The rest are nice versions of old chestnuts that have been heard before many an open fire." Michael MacLean of Maclean's

Maclean's

Maclean's is a Canadian weekly news magazine, reporting on Canadian issues such as politics, pop culture, and current events.-History:Founded in 1905 by Toronto journalist/entrepreneur Lt.-Col. John Bayne Maclean, a 43-year-old trade magazine publisher who purchased an advertising agency's in-house...

gave the album a positive review and wrote, "Possibly the most tasteful release this year is Lee Ann Womack's The Season for Romance." Melinda Newman of Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

gave the album a positive review and praised the title track.

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	166
US Top Country Albums	19