Name: I Wish I Was Santa Claus
Brand: Smith Entertainment
SKU: 657887
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I Wish I Was Santa Claus

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Album: I Wish I Was Santa Claus
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Nino, El
2)	I Wish I Was Santa Claus
3)	Christmas in Cabo San Lucas
4)	White Christmas
5)	Jingle Bells
6)	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
7)	Blue Christmas
8)	I'll Be Home for Christmas
9)	Santa Claus & Popcorn
10)	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
11)	Silver Bells
12)	If We Make It Through December

Album: I Wish I Was Santa Claus
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Nino, El
2)	I Wish I Was Santa Claus
3)	Christmas in Cabo San Lucas
4)	White Christmas
5)	Jingle Bells
6)	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
7)	Blue Christmas
8)	I'll Be Home for Christmas
9)	Santa Claus & Popcorn
10)	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
11)	Silver Bells
12)	If We Make It Through December

Performer Notes

Personnel: Merle Haggard (vocals, guitar); Scott Joss (guitar, fiddle, background vocals); Norman Stevens (guitar, background vocals); Randy Mason , Abe Manuel, Jr., Joe Manuel (guitar); Don Markham (trumpet, horns, background vocals); Doug Colosio (piano, background vocals); Johnnie Barber (drums); April Anderson, Theresa Lane Haggard, Kevin Williams (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Lou Bradley.
Recording information: Bradley's Barn, Nashville, TN; Tally Studios, Palo Cedro, CA.
It sounds pretty much as you'd expect, especially given the cover art, but this collision of Bakersfield country music and traditional Christmas material has a certain charm that's most apparent on the down-home versions of "Blue Christmas" and "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," and perhaps less perceptibly so in Merle Haggard's sly vocal on the title track. The Spanish guitar of "El Nino" is charming, while Haggard's inclusion of the stark "If We Make It Through December" is a timely reminder of the stresses that Yuletide hardship can bring.