The Christmas Album is the 1997 album from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. This album reached 93 on the US Country charts.
Track listing "Colorado Christmas" (Steve Goodman) – 3:39 "We Three Kings" (John Henry Hopkins Jr., traditional arrangement) – 3:02 "Christmas Dinner" (Ernest Ford) – 2:12 "One Christmas Tree" (Jimmy Ibbotson, Jeff Hanna) – 4:06 "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr, traditional arrangement) – 3:54 "This Christmas Morning" (Bob Carpenter) – 3:40 "Silver Bells" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, traditional arrangement) – 2:55 "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" (Edmund Sears, Arthur Sullivan, Richard Storrs Willis, traditional arrangement) – 3:16 "Love Has Brought Him Here" (Bob Carpenter, Tom Kell) – 3:04 "Little Drummer Boy" (Harry Simeone, Katherine Kennicott Davis, Henry Onorati, traditional arrangement) – 3:04 "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont, traditional arrangement) – 2:57
Personnel Jeff Hanna – vocals, guitar Jim Ibbotson – vocals, guitar, mandolin, bass Jimmie Fadden – drums, harmonica Bob Carpenter – vocals, keyboards
With Chris Engleman – electric bass Gary Lunn – electric bass
Special Guest Musicians Alison Krauss – vocals on "Colorado Christmas", fiddle on "We Three Kings" John McEuen – 5-string banjo on "Colorado Christmas" and "We Three Kings", mandolin on "Colorado Christmas" Richie Furay – vocals on "One Christmas Tree" and "This Christmas Morning" Vassar Clements – fiddle on "Christmas Dinner"
Production Producer – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
References All information from album liner notes unless otherwise noted.A Christmas Album, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Rising Tide rtd-53048 (1997) CD