| Goin' Home for Christmas | |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | Merle Haggard |
| Cover: | GoinHomeForChristmasMerleHaggard.jpg |
| Released: | November 1982 |
| Genre: | Country, Christmas |
| Length: | 28:55 |
| Label: | Epic |
| Producer: | Merle Haggard and Roy Nichols |
| Prev Title: | Going Where the Lonely Go |
| Prev Year: | 1982 |
| Next Title: | Pancho & Lefty |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
Goin' Home for Christmas is the 36th studio album by American country singer Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers, released in 1982. A Christmas album, it reached Number 41 on the Billboard Country album chart.[1] It was re-issued on Epic in 1984 with a completely different sleeve. Subsequent re-issues have reverted to variations of the original sleeve, but with a bonus track, "White Christmas" added. This extra track was recorded in 1986 and released in 1988 on the various artist collection "Nashville's Greatest Christmas Hits" (Columbia CK 44412). It was co-produced by Roy Nichols, lead guitarist of The Strangers.
The AllMusic review states: "Merle Haggard's contribution to the holiday season is a generally festive affair... Mostly though, Haggard is an unexpectedly sensitive interpreter of these seasonal favorites."
All songs by Merle Haggard unless otherwise noted: