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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.

Pretty Paper
Studio album by Willie Nelson
Released	November 6, 1979[1]
Genre	Christmas music, country
Length	29:15
Label	Columbia
Producer	Booker T. Jones
Willie Nelson chronology
Sings Kristofferson (1979) Pretty Paper (1979) The Electric Horseman (1980)

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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" (Irving Berlin) – 2:45
2. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 2:25
3. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 2:11
4. "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) – 2:11
5. "Here Comes Santa Claus" (Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman) – 1:53
6. "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes, Jay Johnson) – 2:38

Side two

1. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:12
2. "Frosty the Snowman" (Steve Nelson, Jack Rollins) – 2:25
3. "Silent Night" (Joseph Mohr, Franz Xavier Gruber) – 3:43
4. "Little Town of Bethlehem" (Phillips Brooks. Lewis H. Redner) – 1:28
5. "Christmas Blues" – Instrumental (Willie Nelson, Booker T. Jones) – 3:13
6. "Pretty Paper" (Willie Nelson) – 2:25

Personnel

• Willie Nelson – Vocals, guitar
• Paul English – Drums
• Chris Ethridge – Bass
• Bradley Hartman – Engineer
• Booker T. Jones – Arranger, Keyboards
• Rex Ludwick – Drums
• Jody Payne – Guitar
• Mickey Raphael – Harmonica
• Bee Spears – Bass

Certifications

Certifications for Pretty Paper

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[2]	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA)[3]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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