Let It Be Christmas

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Let It Be Christmas

Studio album (Christmas) by

Alan Jackson

Released

October 22, 2002

Genre

Length

35:40

Alan Jackson chronology

Drive
(2002)

Let It Be Christmas
(2002)

Greatest Hits Volume II
(2003)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	(favorable) ^[1]
Allmusic	^[2]
Country Weekly	(favorable) ^[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B− ^[4]
Rolling Stone	(favorable) ^[5]

Let It Be Christmas is the eleventh studio album and the second Christmas album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. Unlike his first album of Christmas music (1993's Honky Tonk Christmas), this one is composed mainly of renditions of traditional Christmas music. It was released on October 22, 2002, by Arista Nashville. The title track, one of two Christmas songs composed by Jackson, was a top 40 hit for Jackson on the Hot Country Songs chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Ralph Blane Hugh Martin	2:58
2.	"Winter Wonderland"	Felix Bernard Richard Bernhard Smith	2:18
3.	"O Come, All Ye Faithful"	Frederick Oakeley John Francis Wade	3:18
4.	"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"	J. Fred Coots Haven Gillespie	2:42
5.	"The Christmas Song"	Mel Tormé Robert Wells	3:52
6.	"Silent Night"	Franz Gruber Joseph Mohr	3:47
7.	"Let It Be Christmas"	Alan Jackson	4:11
8.	"Jingle Bells"	James Lord Pierpont	2:50
9.	"White Christmas"	Irving Berlin	3:19
10.	"Silver Bells"	Ray Evans Jay Livingston	3:36
11.	"Away in a Manger"	James Ramsey Murray John Thomas McFarland	2:49
Total length:			35:40

Personnel

Eddie Bayers - drums
Bill Elliott - conductor, horn arrangements, string arrangements, vocal arrangements
Mark Fain - acoustic guitar
Erica Goodman - harp
Lloyd Green - pedal steel guitar
Karen Harper - background vocals
Alan Jackson - lead vocals
The Kid Connection - background vocals
Matthew McCauley - conductor, string arrangements
Brent Mason - electric guitar
Cassie Miller - background vocals
Bobbi Page - background vocals
Matt Rollings - piano
Bruce Watkins - acoustic guitar
Glenn Worf - bass guitar

Chart performance

Let It Be Christmas peaked at No. 27 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and No. 6 on the Top Country Albums chart. In January 2003, it was certified Gold by the RIAA.

Weekly charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[6]	27
US Christian Albums (Billboard)^[7]	3
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[8]	6
US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard)^[9]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)	Position
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[10]	22

Chart (2003)	Position
US Billboard 200^[11]	178
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[12]	23

Chart (2018)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[13]	92

Sales and certifications

Region	Provider	Certification	Sales/Shipments
United States	RIAA	Gold^[14]	500,000+

References

^ About.com review
^ Allmusic review
^ Country Weekly review
^ Entertainment Weekly review
^ Rolling Stone review
^ "Alan Jackson Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
^ "Alan Jackson Chart History (Christian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
^ "Alan Jackson Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
^ "Alan Jackson Chart History (Holiday Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
^ "Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2018". Billboard. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
^ "Gold & Platinum - February 12, 2010". RIAA. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2010.

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