A Traditional Christmas

A Traditional Christmas is a Christmas album by country music artist Joe Nichols. It was released in 2004 on Show Dog-Universal Music. The record is Nichols' first album of Christmas music, and was also his second release in the year 2004. It consists of ten renditions of traditional Christmas tunes.

A Traditional Christmas
Studio album by Joe Nichols
Released	September 28, 2004 (2004-09-28)
Recorded	May 2004
Genre	Country
Label	Universal South
Producer	Brent Rowan
Joe Nichols chronology
Revelation (2004) A Traditional Christmas (2004) III (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"	Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne	2:10
2.	"Away in a Manger"	Traditional	2:50
3.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram	2:06
4.	"Silent Night"	Traditional	3:37
5.	"White Christmas"	Irving Berlin	3:11
6.	"Silver Bells"	Ray Evans, Jay Livingston	3:23
7.	"Winter Wonderland"	Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith	3:03
8.	"O Holy Night"	Traditional	3:35
9.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin	4:23
10.	"The Christmas Song"	Mel Tormé, Bob Wells	3:01

2011 digital re-release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Old Toy Trains"	Roger Miller	2:15

Personnel

• Lisa Cochran - background vocals
• Shannon Forrest - drums
• Wes Hightower - background vocals
• Jim Hoke - accordion, autoharp, clarinet, harmonica, recorder, soprano saxophone, tin whistle
• David Hungate - upright bass
• Gordon Mote - organ, piano, synthesizer
• Joe Nichols - lead vocals
• Brent Rowan - electric guitar, keyboards
• Bryan Sutton - acoustic guitar, hi-string guitar, soloist

Chart performance

Chart (2004)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	47
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums	19