| Merle Haggard's Christmas Present | ||||
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| Released | November 1973 | |||
| Recorded | January and July 1973 | |||
| Studio | Columbia (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
| Genre | Country, Christmas | |||
| Length | 25:14 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Ken Nelson, Fuzzy Owen | |||
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Merle Haggard's Christmas Present is the eighteenth studio album by American country singer Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers, released in 1973.[2] The single, "If We Make It Through December" spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in December 1973 and January 1974, and cracked the Top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100. "If We Make It Through December" was the No. 2 song of the year on Billboard's Hot Country Singles 1974 year-end chart. [1]
The original LP release of the album carries the subtitle Something Old, Something New.