White Christmas (Martina McBride album)

White Christmas
Cover of the 1999 re-release.
Studio album by Martina McBride
Released	September 29, 1998
Recorded	1998
Genre	Christmas, country
Length	41:06
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Rob Christie Martina McBride Patrick Williams Paul Worley
Martina McBride chronology
Evolution (1997) White Christmas (1998) Emotion (1999)
Alternative covers
Cover of the 2007 re-release.
Alternative cover
Cover of the 2013 re-release.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Entertainment Weekly	B

White Christmas is the fifth album and first Christmas album by country singer Martina McBride issued by RCA Nashville in 1998. The album was reissued in 1999 with new artwork and two new tracks. It was re-released for the second time in October 2007 with newer artwork and four new tracks added. In 2013, it was reissued for a third time as The Classic Christmas Album. The re-release added her Elvis Presley duet, "Blue Christmas", which was originally released on his posthumous album Christmas Duets, while removing the track "Jingle Bells" and revising the track listing.

In the U.S. the album White Christmas was certified Gold by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on November 9, 1999; then Platinum by the RIAA on November 10, 2003; and then double-Platinum by the RIAA on December 12, 2018. The album has sold 1,827,700 copies in the U.S. as of November 2017.

Track listings

Original 1998 release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane	4:05
2.	"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"	Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn	1:44
3.	"The Christmas Song"	Mel Tormé, Robert Wells	3:38
4.	"O Holy Night"	Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight	3:43
5.	"Silver Bells"	Jay Livingston, Ray Evans	2:40
6.	"Away in a Manger"	Traditional	3:27
7.	"White Christmas"	Irving Berlin	3:18
8.	"What Child Is This?"	Traditional	3:45
9.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	Buck Ram, Kim Gannon, Walter Kent	3:10
10.	"Silent Night"	Franz Xaver Gruber, Josef Mohr	3:22
Total length:			32:52

1999 re-release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Do You Hear What I Hear?"	Gloria Shayne Baker, Noël Regney	3:55
2.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Martin, Blane	4:05
3.	"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"	Styne, Cahn	1:44
4.	"O Come All Ye Faithful"	Frederick Oakeley, John Francis Wade	3:58
5.	"The Christmas Song"	Tormé, Wells	3:38
6.	"O Holy Night"	Adam, Dwight	3:43
7.	"Silver Bells"	Livingston, Evans	2:40
8.	"Away in a Manger"	Traditional	3:27
9.	"White Christmas"	Berlin	3:18
10.	"What Child Is This?"	Traditional	3:45
11.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	Ram, Gannon, Kent	3:10
12.	"Silent Night"	Gruber, Mohr	3:22
Total length:			40:45

2007 re-release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"	Styne, Cahn	1:44
2.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Martin, Blane	4:05
3.	"Silver Bells"	Livingston, Evans	2:40
4.	"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"	Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley	2:29
5.	"Do You Hear What I Hear?"	Baker, Regney	3:55
6.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	Ram, Gannon, Kent	3:10
7.	"Winter Wonderland"	Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith	3:26
8.	"O Come All Ye Faithful"	Oakeley, Wade	3:58
9.	"Away in a Manger"	Traditional	3:27
10.	"Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Dean Martin)	Frank Loesser	2:55
11.	"Jingle Bells"	James Pierpont	2:13
12.	"White Christmas"	Berlin	3:18
13.	"Silent Night"	Gruber, Mohr	3:22
14.	"The Christmas Song"	Tormé, Wells	3:38
15.	"What Child Is This?"	Traditional	3:45
16.	"O Holy Night"	Adam, Dwight	3:43
Total length:			51:48

The Classic Christmas Album (2013 re-release)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"	Styne, Cahn	1:44
2.	"Silver Bells"	Livingston, Evans	2:40
3.	"The Christmas Song"	Tormé, Wells	3:38
4.	"Do You Hear What I Hear?"	Baker, Regney	3:55
5.	"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"	Mendelssohn, Wesley	2:29
6.	"Away in a Manger"	Traditional	3:27
7.	"Winter Wonderland"	Bernard, Smith	3:26
8.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Martin, Blane	4:05
9.	"Blue Christmas" (with Elvis Presley)	Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson	2:13
10.	"O Come All Ye Faithful"	Oakeley, Wade	3:58
11.	"Silent Night"	Gruber, Mohr	3:22
12.	"White Christmas"	Berlin	3:18
13.	"Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Dean Martin)	Loesser	2:55
14.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	Ram, Gannon, Kent	3:10
15.	"What Child Is This?"	Traditional	3:45
16.	"O Holy Night"	Adam, Dwight	3:43
Total length:			51:48

Personnel

• Sam Bacco – percussion
• Dennis Burnside – string arrangements, conductor
• Joe Chemay – bass guitar
• Eric Darken – percussion
• James Ferguson – background vocals
• Shannon Forrest – drums
• Faith Hill – background vocals
• Marabeth Jordan – background vocals
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Martina McBride – lead vocals
• Jim Medlin – piano
• The Nashville String Machine – strings
• Steve Nathan – synthesizer
• Matt Rollings – piano
• Lisa Silver – background vocals
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• Karen Winkleman – recorder

Charts and certifications

Album charts

White Christmas

Chart (1998)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	9
U.S. Billboard 200	64
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums	6

The Classic Christmas Album

Chart (2013)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	27
U.S. Billboard 200	177

Charted songs

Year	Song	Peak positions
		US Country
1998	"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"	64
2000	"The Christmas Song"	67
	"White Christmas"	62
	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	53
2001	"O Holy Night"	41
2006	"Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Dean Martin)	35

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA)	Platinum	1,827,700
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format
United States	September 29, 1998	RCA Nashville	CD, Cassette (10 tracks)
	September 14, 1999		CD (12 tracks)
	October 2, 2007		CD, digital download (16 tracks)
	October 6, 2009	Legacy Recordings	CD+DVD
	October 8, 2013		CD, digital download (16 tracks)