Classic Christmas (George Strait album)

Classic Christmas is an album of Christmas music

Christmas music

Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season, which tends to begin in the months leading up the actual holiday and end in the weeks shortly thereafter.-Early:...

recorded by country music artist George Strait

George Strait

George Harvey Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional...

. It was released by MCA Nashville on October 7, 2008. The album was previously released in 2006 under the title Fresh Cut Christmas
Fresh Cut Christmas
Fresh Cut Christmas is an album of Christmas music recorded by country music artist George Strait. The 10 classical Christmas songs were picked by Strait for this album. "Fresh Cut Christmas" album was available exclusively at Hallmark Gold Crown stores during November and December 2006...

and was available exclusively at Hallmark Gold Crown stores.

Track listing

All songs in public domain.

"Joy to the World
Joy to the World
"Joy to the World" is a Christian Christmas carol.The words are by English hymn writer Isaac Watts, based on Psalm 98 in the Bible. The song was first published in 1719 in Watts' collection; The Psalms of David: Imitated in the language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian state and...

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"We Three Kings
We Three Kings
"We Three Kings", also known as "We Three Kings of Orient Are" or "The Quest of the Magi", is a Christmas carol written by the Reverend John Henry Hopkins, Jr., who wrote both the lyrics and the music. It is suggested to have been written in 1857 but did not appear in print until his Carols, Hymns...

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"Silent Night
Silent Night
"Silent Night" is a popular Christmas carol. The original lyrics of the song "Stille Nacht" were written in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria, by the priest Father Joseph Mohr and the melody was composed by the Austrian headmaster Franz Xaver Gruber...

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"Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells
"Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known and commonly sung winter songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857...

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"O Come, All Ye Faithful"
"Up on the Housetop"
"We Wish You a Merry Christmas
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
"We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is a popular secular sixteenth-century English carol from the West Country of England. The origin of this Christmas carol lies in the English tradition where wealthy people of the community gave Christmas treats to the carolers on Christmas Eve such as 'figgy...

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"O Christmas Tree"
"Hark, the Herald Angels Sing"
"Deck the Halls"

Chart performance

Chart (2008)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	16
U.S. Billboard 200	90

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