"Christmas Time's A-Comin" is a popular bluegrass Christmas standard song written by Bell Labs engineer Benjamin "Tex" Logan based on the 19th century folk tune "Skip to My Lou."
Originally recorded by Bill Monroe in 1951, the song was covered in 1994 by American country music singer Sammy Kershaw on his album of the same name, charting in 1995 and 1998 on the Billboard country charts, respectively reaching #50 and #53 those years.
Covers The song has also been recorded by (among others): Johnny Cash, The Johnny Cash Family Christmas, 1972 Emmylou Harris, Light of the Stable, 1979 Raffi, Raffi's Christmas Album, 1983 Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, "Christmas Time's A-Comin'", 1987 (single release) Peter Rowan, Sugar Plums: Holiday Treats From Sugar Hill, 1993 (compilation album only?) Sammy Kershaw, Christmas Time's A-Comin', 1994 The Waltons cast, A Walton's Christmas: Together Again, 1999 Patty Loveless, Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas, 2002 Rhonda Vincent, Beautiful Star: A Christmas Collection, 2006 Diamond Rio, A Diamond Rio Christmas: The Star Still Shines, 2007 Charlie Daniels with The Grascals, Joy to the World: A Bluegrass Christmas, 2009 The Oak Ridge Boys, Christmas Time's A-Coming, 2012 The Good Lovelies, Christmas Time's A-Comin, 2020 (single release) Brad Paisley, Snow Globe Town, 2025
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