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Honky Tonk Christmas
Country · 1993 · 10 tracks

Honky Tonk Christmas

Alan Jackson

Blue-collar holiday melancholy. Weeping pedal steel and warm baritone vocals for anyone spending Christmas Eve at the end of a bar stool.

October 12, 1993 · Arista

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A weary but warm collection of songs that finds beauty in holiday heartbreak.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
Honky Tonk Christmas
2:53
02
The Angels Cried
2:52
03
If We Make It Through December
2:46
04
If You Don’t Wanna See Santa Claus Cry
3:14
05
I Only Want You for Christmas
3:21
06
Merry Christmas to Me
2:53
07
A Holly Jolly Christmas
2:16
08
There’s a New Kid in Town
4:09
09
Santa’s Gonna Come in a Pickup Truck
4:08
10
Please Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas)
3:21
Moments Worth Listening For
the heartbreakingly steady baritone delivery on 'Merry Christmas to Me' as he describes wrapping his own wedding ring
the way the pedal steel mimics a lonely sigh during the bridge of the title track
the shift from playful swing to genuine pathos on the cover of 'Please Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas)'
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Winter saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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