Let It Be Christmas Explained

Let It Be Christmas
Type:	studio
Longtype:	(Christmas)
Artist:	Alan Jackson
Cover:	LetItBeChristmas.jpg
Released:	October 22, 2002
Length:	35:40
Label:	Arista Nashville
Producer:	Keith Stegall
Prev Title:	Drive
Prev Year:	2002
Next Title:	Greatest Hits Volume II
Next Year:	2003

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. 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

1. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 2:58
2. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Dick 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" (J. S. 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

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.

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)	Position
US Billboard 200^[2]	178
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	23

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20031204032208/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_country.html. December 4, 2003. Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada. Jam!. March 28, 2022.
2. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2003. Billboard. November 4, 2020.
3. Top Country Albums – Year-End 2003. Billboard. November 4, 2020.
4. Top Country Albums – Year-End 2018. Billboard. December 7, 2021.
5. Web site: Gold & Platinum - February 12, 2010 . RIAA . February 12, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924154359/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=2&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=alan%20jackson&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25 . September 24, 2015 .