Pretty Paper (album)


Pretty Paper is the first Christmas album and 24th studio album by country singer Willie Nelson. It was also his last release of the 1970s. Nelson reunited with producer/arranger Booker T. Jones, with whom he had collaborated on the acclaimed Stardust album released the year before.
The self-composed title track had been a hit Christmas song in 1963, when it was recorded by Roy Orbison. Nelson had previously recorded the song in 1964.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "White Christmas" – 2:45
  2. "Winter Wonderland" – 2:25
  3. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" – 2:11
  4. "Jingle Bells" – 2:11
  5. "Here Comes Santa Claus" – 1:53
  6. "Blue Christmas" – 2:38

Side two

  1. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" – 2:12
  2. "Frosty the Snowman" – 2:25
  3. "Silent Night" – 3:43
  4. "Little Town of Bethlehem" – 1:28
  5. "Christmas Blues" – Instrumental – 3:13
  6. "Pretty Paper" – 2:25

Personnel