A Traditional Christmas

A Traditional Christmas
Studio album by Joe Nichols
Released	September 28, 2004
Recorded	May 2004
Genre	Country
Label	Universal South
Producer	Brent Rowan
Joe Nichols chronology
Revelation (2004) A Traditional Christmas (2004) III (2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

A Traditional Christmas is a Christmas album released by country music artist Joe Nichols. His first album of Christmas music, it was also his second release in the year 2004. The album consists of ten renditions of traditional Christmas tunes.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"	Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne	2:10
2.	"Away in a Manger"	Traditional	2:50
3.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram	2:06
4.	"Silent Night"	Traditional	3:37
5.	"White Christmas"	Irving Berlin	3:11
6.	"Silver Bells"	Ray Evans, Jay Livingston	3:23
7.	"Winter Wonderland"	Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith	3:03
8.	"O Holy Night"	Traditional	3:35
9.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin	4:23
10.	"The Christmas Song"	Mel Tormé, Bob Wells	3:01

2011 digital re-release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Old Toy Trains"	Roger Miller	2:15

Personnel

• Lisa Cochran- background vocals
• Shannon Forrest- drums
• Wes Hightower- background vocals
• Jim Hoke- accordion, autoharp, clarinet, harmonica, recorder, soprano saxophone, tin whistle
• David Hungate- upright bass
• Gordon Mote- organ, piano, synthesizer
• Joe Nichols- lead vocals
• Brent Rowan- electric guitar, keyboards
• Bryan Sutton- acoustic guitar, hi-string guitar

Chart performance

Chart (2004)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	47
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums	19

References

1. Dinoia, Maria Konicki. "A Traditional Christmas review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 17, 2011.