What a Wonderful Christmas

2001 compilation album by Anne Murray

What a Wonderful Christmas

Compilation album by

Anne Murray

Released| October 9, 2001 (2001-10-09)
Recorded| 1981, 88, 93, 2001
Genre| Country, Holiday, Orchestral, Easy Listening
Length| 1:33:10
Label| Straightway Records
Producer| 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)

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Professional ratingsReview 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[edit]

Disc 1No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Joy to the World"| Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts| 2:09
2.| "Coventry Carol/White Christmas"| Traditional/Irving Berlin| 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
Total length:| 44:35

Disc 2No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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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
Total length:| 48:35

## Charts[edit]

### Weekly charts[edit]

| Chart (2001)  | Peak
position

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US Billboard 200[3] | 83
US Christian Albums (Billboard)[4] | 4
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] | 6
US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard)[6] | 5

### Year-end charts[edit]

| Chart (2002)  | Position

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Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[7] | 56
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[8] | 53

## References[edit]

1. ^ Johnson, Zac. "What a Wonderful Christmas review". Allmusic. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
2. ^ "What a Wonderful Christmas Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
3. ^ "Anne Murray Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
4. ^ "Anne Murray Chart History (Christian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
5. ^ "Anne Murray Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
6. ^ "Anne Murray Chart History (Holiday Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
7. ^ "Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
8. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved October 28, 2020.

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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
* Together
* Keeping In Touch
* 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
* What a Wonderful Christmas
* Anne Murray's Christmas Album

Compilations|

* Snowbird
* Country
* A Country Collection
* Anne Murray's Greatest Hits
* Greatest Hits Volume II
* 15 of the Best
* The Best... So Far
* All of Me

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"
* "Hold Me Tight"
* "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"

Related articles|

* Discography
* "Tears Are Not Enough"

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