Merry Christmas Wherever You Are Explained

Merry Christmas Wherever You Are is the second Christmas album by George Strait. It was released by MCA Records. It has his versions of many classic Christmas songs, as well as the newly penned tracks "I Know What I Want for Christmas", "Old Time Christmas", "Noel Leon", "Santa's on His Way" and the title track.

Personnel

• George Strait – lead vocals
• Jim Cox – keyboards, acoustic piano
• Steve Nathan – keyboards, acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ
• Steve Gibson – acoustic guitars
• Dean Parks – electric guitars
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Glenn Worf – bass
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Larry Franklin – fiddle
• The Nashville String Machine – strings
• Russell Mauldin – string and group vocal arrangements, conductor
• Wes Hightower – backing vocals
• Liana Manis – backing vocals

Group vocals

• Lisa Cochran
  • Travis Cottrell Tim Davis
• Stephanie Hall
• Jon Mark Ivey
• Marabeth Jordon
• Lisa Silver
• Dennis Wilson

Production

• Tony Brown – producer
• George Strait – producer
• Chuck Ainlay – recording, mixing
• Mark Rolston – second engineer
• Tim Waters – second engineer
• Greg Fogie – assistant engineer
• Justin Niebank – overdub recording
• Eric Conn – digital editing
• Carlos Grier – digital editing
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• Jonathan Russell – mastering assistant
• Georgetown Masters (Nashville, TN) – editing and mastering location
• Jessie Noble – project coordinator
• Team Design – art direction, design
• Slick Lawson – photography
• Virginia Team – photography

Chart positions

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Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	10
U.S. Billboard 200	78