Mr. Christmas (album)

Mr. Christmas
Studio album by Joe Diffie
Released	September 19, 1995
Genre	Country
Label	Epic
Producer	Joe Diffie, Johnny Slate
Joe Diffie chronology
Third Rock from the Sun (1994) Mr. Christmas (1995) Life's So Funny (1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Mr. Christmas is the first Christmas album, released in 1995, by country music artist Joe Diffie. The song "Leroy the Redneck Reindeer" was released as a single, peaking at #33 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts that year. Otherwise, the album features a mix of traditional Christmas music and newly penned songs.

Track listing

1. "Mr. Christmas" (Joe Diffie, Lee Bogan) – 3:14
2. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 4:23
3. "Leroy the Redneck Reindeer" (Stacey Slate, Diffie, Steve Pippin) – 3:17
4. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) – 3:51
5. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:46
6. "Wrap Me in Your Love" (Slate, Wyatt Easterling) – 3:14
7. "All Because of a Baby Boy" (Slate, Easterling) – 3:27
8. "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr) – 2:58
9. "Praise and Alleluia to the Savior" (Diffie, Bogan) – 3:47
10. "Magazine Angels" (Raymond C. Davis Jr., Gene Pistilli) – 4:01
11. "O Holy Night" (Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight) – 4:58

Personnel

• Danny Bailey - background vocals
• Lea Jane Berinati - background vocals
• Lee Bogan - background vocals
• Joe Diffie - lead vocals, background vocals
• Stuart Duncan - fiddle
• Paul Franklin - steel guitar
• Janie Fricke - background vocals
• Carl Gorodetzky - string contractor
• Larry Keith - background vocals
• Terry McMillan - percussion
• Brent Mason - electric guitar
• The Nashville String Machine - strings
• Matt Rollings - keyboards
• Ricky Skaggs - background vocals
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. - acoustic guitar
• Bergen White - string arrangements
• Lonnie Wilson - drums
• Glenn Worf - bass guitar

Chart performance

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	24
U.S. Billboard 200	129
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums	32

References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r229321