Pretty Paper


Pretty Paper is the first Christmas album and twenty-fourth studio album by country singer Willie Nelson. His first Christmas album, 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. "Pretty Paper" - 2:25
  2. "White Christmas" - 2:45
  3. "Winter Wonderland" - 2:25
  4. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" - 2:11
  5. "Jingle Bells" - 2:11
  6. "Here Comes Santa Claus" - 1:53

    Side two

  7. "Blue Christmas" - 2:38
  8. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" - 2:12
  9. "Frosty the Snowman" - 2:25
  10. "Silent Night" - 3:43
  11. "Little Town of Bethlehem" - 1:28
  12. "Christmas Blues " - 3:13

    Personnel