Merry Christmas to You

For the Sidewalk Prophets album, see Merry Christmas to You (Sidewalk Prophets album). For the Mariah Carey album, see Merry Christmas II You.

Merry Christmas to You is the thirteenth studio album and first Christmas album by American country music singer Reba McEntire, with most of the tunes being McEntire's renditions of very familiar traditional Christmas fare. It was released on November 27, 1987, by MCA Nashville. It was her last album to bear her surname on the front cover until she released Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope in 2017. Songs from the album would not chart until ten and twelve years after its release.

Merry Christmas to You
Studio album by Reba McEntire
Released	November 27, 1987
Genre	Country
Length	34:02
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	Tony Brown Jimmy Bowen Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire chronology
The Last One to Know (1987) Merry Christmas to You (1987) Reba (1988)
Alternative cover
1995 reissue cover
Singles from Merry Christmas to You
"O Holy Night" Released: December 1987 "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" Released: December 1987 "The Christmas Guest" Released: December 1988 "I'll Be Home for Christmas" Released: December 1988

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Away in a Manger"	James R. Murray	2:26
2.	"On This Day"	Michael P. Heeney David Scarlet	4:03
3.	"O Holy Night"	Adolphe Adam John Sullivan Dwight	3:54
4.	"The Christmas Guest"	Grandpa Jones Ramona Jones Bill Walker	5:23
5.	"Silent Night"	Franz Gruber Josef Mohr	3:36
6.	"Happy Birthday Jesus (I'll Open This One for You)"	Traditional	2:33
7.	"White Christmas"	Irving Berlin	3:02
8.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	Kim Gannon Walter Kent Buck Ram	3:16
9.	"A Christmas Letter"	John Greenebaum Paul Nelson Gene Nelson	3:11
10.	"The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"	Mel Tormé Bob Wells	3:26

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Personnel

Musicians

John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards (1, 2) Matt Betton – drums (1, 2) Tom Brumley – steel guitar (1, 2) Larry Byrom – electric guitar (1, 2) Bill Cooley – acoustic guitar (3-10), electric guitar (3-10) Vince Gill – backing vocals (2) Emory Gordy Jr. – bass (1, 2) Suzy Hoskins – backing vocals (3-10) Donny Howard – acoustic piano (3-10) Donnie LaValley – steel guitar (3-10)

Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar (1, 2) Reba McEntire – lead vocals, arrangements (1, 3, 5, 6), backing vocals (3-10) Farrell Morris – chimes (1, 2), vibraphone (1, 2) Mark O'Connor – fiddle (1, 2) Leigh Reynolds – acoustic guitar (3-10), backing vocals (3-10) Steve Short – drums (3-10) Ricky Solomon – fiddle (3-10) Billy Joe Walker Jr. – electric guitar (1, 2) Roger Wills – bass (3-10)

Production

Chuck Ainlay – mixing (1, 2) Milan Bogdan – digital editing Jimmy Bowen – producer (3-10) Tony Brown – producer (1, 2) Bob Bullock – overdub recording (3-10), mixing (3-10) Mark J. Coddington – second engineer (3-10) Katherine DeVault – design J. Jacklyn Furriers – fur Tim Kish – second engineer (3-10) Simon Levy – art direction

Russ Martin – second engineer (3-10) Glenn Meadows – mastering Reba McEntire – producer (3-10) Jim McGuire – photography Jesse Noble – project coordinator Ann Payne – styling Willie Pevear – overdub recording (3-10) Steve Tillisch – recording engineer (1, 2), mixing (1, 2), overdub recording (3-10) Ron Treat – recording engineer (3-10) Marty Williams – second engineer (3-10)

• • Mixed at The Castle (Franklin, Tennessee).
  • Mastered at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee).

Charts

Album

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[2]	72
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums[2]	20

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country[3]
1997	"The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"	63
1999	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	68
	"Away in a Manger"	73

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[4]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "Reba McEntire | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links | AllMusic". AllMusic.
3. "Reba McEntire - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
4. "American album certifications – Reba Mc Entire – Merry Christmas to You". Recording Industry Association of America.