Merry Christmas Strait to You! is the first Christmas album by American country music artist George Strait, released on September 8, 1986 by MCA Records. It reached #17 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and is certified double platinum by the RIAA.

Track listing

Personnel George Strait – lead vocals, acoustic guitar John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitars Larry Byrom – electric guitars Reggie Young – electric guitar Paul Franklin – steel guitar David Hungate – bass guitar Eddie Bayers – drums Johnny Gimble – fiddle Curtis Young – backing vocals

Production Jimmy Bowen – producer George Strait – producer Bob Bullock – recording, overdub recording, mixing Steve Tillisch – overdub recording Mark J. Coddington – second engineer Tim Kish – second engineer Russ Martin – second engineer Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) Simon Levy – art direction Tal Howard – design Mike Drake – illustration Peter Nash – photography Erv Woolsey – management

Chart positions Chart (1986) Peakposition U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 17

Certifications

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