What a Wonderful Christmas

Studio album by Anne Murray

Released

October 9, 2001

Straightway Records

Anne Murray
Jim Ed Norman
Steve Sexton
Tommy West

Anne Murray chronology

What a Wonderful World
(1999)

What a Wonderful Christmas
(2001)

Country Croonin'
(2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

What a Wonderful Christmas is an album by Canadian artist Anne Murray. It was released by Straightway Records on October 9, 2001. The album peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Christian Albums chart, number 6 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number 83 on the Billboard 200.^[2]

Track listing

Disc 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Joy to the World"	Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts	2:09
2.	"Coventry Carol/White Christmas"	Traditional	3:43
3.	"It Came Upon the Midnight Clear"	Edmund Sears, Richard Storrs Willis	3:12
4.	"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"	Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne	2:48
5.	"Winter Wonderland"	Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith	2:59
6.	"O Little Town of Bethlehem"	Phillips Brooks, Lewis Redner	3:10
7.	"Coventry Carol/Christmas in Killarney"	James Cavanaugh, John Redmond, Frank Weldon, Traditional	2:45
8.	"This Season Will Never Grow Old"	Rita MacNeil	3:10
9.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin	3:14
10.	"O Come All Ye Faithful"	Frederick Oakeley, John Francis Wade	4:26
11.	"Do You Hear What I Hear?"	Noël Regney, Gloria Shayne Baker	2:48
12.	"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"	Meredith Willson	2:46
13.	"Sweet Little Jesus Boy"	Robert MacGimsey	3:49
14.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram	3:36

Disc 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Jolly Old Saint Nicholas/Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"	John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie, Traditional	5:41
2.	"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer/Frosty the Snowman"	Johnny Marks, Steve Nelson, Jack Rollins	3:39
3.	"Away in a Manger"	Traditional	3:01
4.	"We Three Kings"	John Henry Hopkins, Jr.	3:02
5.	"Silver Bells"	Ray Evans, Jay Livingston	2:44
6.	"The Little Drummer Boy"	Katherine Kennicott Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone	3:46
7.	"The First Noël"	Traditional	3:20
8.	"Go Tell It on the Mountain"	John Wesley Work, Jr., Traditional	2:50
9.	"Christmas Wishes"	Art Podell, Randy Sparks	2:32
10.	"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"	Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley	2:59
11.	"Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord"	Jester Hairston	3:56
12.	"O Holy Night"	Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight	3:08
13.	"Coventry Carol/The Christmas Song"	Mel Tormé, Robert Wells, Traditional	3:34
14.	"Silent Night"	Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr	4:23

Chart performance

Chart (2001)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Christian Albums	4
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	6
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums	5
U.S. Billboard 200	83

References

↑ Johnson, Zac. "What a Wonderful Christmas review". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
↑ "What a Wonderful Christmas Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 February 2011.

Anne Murray

Studio albums	What About Me This Way Is My Way Honey, Wheat and Laughter Straight, Clean and Simple Talk It Over in the Morning Anne Murray / Glen Campbell Annie Danny's Song Love Song Highly Prized Possession Keeping In Touch Together There's a Hippo in My Tub Let's Keep It That Way New Kind of Feeling I'll Always Love You Somebody's Waiting Where Do You Go When You Dream The Hottest Night of the Year A Little Good News Heart over Mind Something to Talk About Harmony As I Am You Will Yes I Do Croonin' Anne Murray What a Wonderful World Country Croonin' I'll Be Seeing You Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends

Christmas albums	Christmas Wishes Anne Murray Christmas The Season Will Never Grow Old Best of the Season My Christmas Favorites What a Wonderful Christmas Anne Murray's Christmas Album Icon: Christmas

Compilations	Snowbird Country A Country Collection Anne Murray's Greatest Hits Country Hits Songs of the Heart Love Songs Greatest Hits Volume II From Springhill to the World The Very Best of Anne Murray 15 of the Best Her Greatest Hits and Finest Performances Now & Forever The Best… So Far An Intimate Evening with Anne Murray Ultimate Collection All of Me 10 Great Songs: Inspirational Classics Icon

No. 1 singles	"Snowbird" "Sing High, Sing Low" "A Stranger in My Place" "It Takes Time" "Talk It Over in the Morning" "I Say a Little Prayer/By the Time I Get to Phoenix" "Cotton Jenny" "Danny's Song" "What About Me" "A Love Song" "He Thinks I Still Care" "Son of a Rotten Gambler" "You Won't See Me" "You Needed Me" "I Just Fall in Love Again" "Shadows in the Moonlight" "Broken Hearted Me" "Daydream Believer" "Lucky Me" "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" "Could I Have This Dance" "Blessed Are the Believers" "We Don't Have to Hold Out" "It's All I Can Do" "Another Sleepless Night" "Hey! Baby" "Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye" "A Little Good News" "Just Another Woman in Love" "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" (with Dave Loggins) "Time Don't Run Out on Me" "Now and Forever (You and Me)"

Other songs	"Thirsty Boots" "Put Your Hand in the Hand" "Night Owl" "Robbie's Song for Jesus" "Everything's Been Changed" "Send a Little Love My Way" "Just One Look" "Day Tripper" "Uproar" "Sunday Sunrise" "The Call" "Golden Oldie" "Things" "Walk Right Back" "That's Not the Way (It's S'posed to Be)" "I Don't Think I'm Ready for You" "Who's Leaving Who" "Are You Still in Love with Me" "Anyone Can Do the Heartbreak" "Perfect Strangers" "If I Ever Fall in Love Again" (with Kenny Rogers) "Feed This Fire" "Bluebird" "I Can See Arkansas" "Make Love to Me" "The Wayward Wind" "Born to Be with You" "Over You" "That's What My Love Is For" "That's the Way It Goes" "What a Wonderful World"

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