Mr. Christmas (Joe Diffie album)

For the Wiltshire, UK, man who celebrates Christmas every day, see Andy Park (Mr. Christmas).

Mr. Christmas is the first Christmas album and fifth studio album by American country music artist Joe Diffie. It was released on September 19, 1995, through Epic Records. 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.

Mr. Christmas
Studio album by Joe Diffie
Released	September 19, 1995
Genre	Christmas country
Length	40:01
Label	Epic
Producer	Joe Diffie Johnny Slate
Joe Diffie chronology
Third Rock from the Sun (1994) Mr. Christmas (1995) Life's So Funny (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mr. Christmas"	Joe Diffie Lee Bogan	3:14
2.	"The Christmas Song"	Mel Tormé Robert Wells	4:23
3.	"Leroy the Redneck Reindeer"	Diffie Stacey Slate 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
Total length:			40:01

Personnel

Credits listed from AllMusic.^[2]

Vocals

• Danny Bailey – background vocals
• Lea Jane Berinati – background vocals
• Lee Bogan – background vocals
• Joe Diffie – lead vocals, background vocalist
• Janie Fricke – background vocals
• Ricky Skaggs – guest vocals
• Larry Keith – background vocals

Musicians

• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor
• Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• The Nashville String Machine – strings
• Matt Rollings – keyboards
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar
• Bergen White – string arrangements
• Lonnie Wilson – drums
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar

Production

• Mike Bradley – engineer, mixing
• Madeline Bridges – director
• Mark Capps – engineer
• Joe Diffie – arranger, audio production, producer
• Caroline Greyshock – photography
• Marilyn Shadinger – director
• Johnny Slate – arranger, audio production, producer

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