What a Wonderful Christmas

What a Wonderful Christmas
What a Wonderful Christmas
Compilation album by Anne Murray
Released	October 9, 2001
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

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/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 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
Total length:			48:35

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
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

Chart (2002)	Position
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[7]	56
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[8]	53

References

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

[allmusic-1] Johnson, Zac. "What a Wonderful Christmas review". Allmusic. Retrieved February 23, 2011.

[2] "What a Wonderful Christmas Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved February 23, 2011.

[ac_Billboard200_Anne_Murray-3] "Anne Murray Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 28, 2020.

[ac_BillboardChristian_Anne_Murray-4] "Anne Murray Chart History (Christian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 28, 2020.

[ac_BillboardCountry_Anne_Murray-5] "Anne Murray Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 28, 2020.

[ac_BillboardHoliday_Anne_Murray-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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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"
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