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Goin' Home for Christmas

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Critical reception
Track listing
Personnel
Chart performance
References

{{Infobox album
| name = Goin' Home for Christmas
| type = Studio album
| artist = Merle Haggard
| cover = GoinHomeForChristmasMerleHaggard.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 1982
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Country, Christmas
| length = 28:55
| label = Epic
| producer = Merle Haggard and Roy Nichols
| prev_title = Going Where the Lonely Go
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Pancho & Lefty
| next_year = 1983
}}

Goin' Home for Christmas is the 36th studio album by American country singer Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers, released in 1982. A Christmas album, it reached Number 41 on the Billboard Country album chart.^[1] It was re-issued on Epic in 1984 with a completely different sleeve. Subsequent re-issues have reverted to variations of the original sleeve, but with a bonus track, "White Christmas" added. This extra track was recorded in 1986 and released in 1988 on the various artist collection "Nashville's Greatest Christmas Hits" (Columbia CK 44412). It was co-produced by Roy Nichols, lead guitarist of The Strangers.

Critical reception

{{Album ratings
| rev1 =Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}} ^[2]
}}

The AllMusic review states: "Merle Haggard's contribution to the holiday season is a generally festive affair... Mostly though, Haggard is an unexpectedly sensitive interpreter of these seasonal favorites."^[2]

Track listing

All songs by Merle Haggard unless otherwise noted:

"Goin' Home for Christmas" – 2:28
"Grandma's Homemade Christmas Card" – 2:17
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:14
"Santa Claus and Popcorn" – 2:32
"Daddy Won't Be Home Again for Christmas" – 3:23
"If We Make It Through December" – 2:39
"Bobby Wants a Puppy Dog for Christmas" – 2:09
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 2:47
"Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson) – 2:08
"Lonely Night" (M. L. Butler, Freddy Powers) – 2:53

Personnel

Merle Haggard– vocals, guitar
Leona Williams Haggard
Jimmy Capps
Hal Rugg
Henry Strzelcki
Steve Chapman
Clay Caire
Farrell Morris
Mark Casstevens
Ron Oates
Curtis Young
Donna Sheridon
Doug Clements
Louis Nunley

Chart performance

Chart (1982)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	41

References

1. ^[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r132978|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic entry for Goin' Home for Christmas.] Retrieved December 2009.
2. ^¹{{cite web |first= |last=|title= Goin' Home for Christmas > Review |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id= mw0000190088 |pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=March 20, 2015}}

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