A Christmas Present

Merle Haggard's Christmas Present is a Christmas album by American country singer Merle Haggard, released in 1973. The single, "If We Make It Through December" spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in December 1973 and January 1974, and cracked the Top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100. "If We Make It Through December" was the No. 2 song of the year on Billboard's Hot Country Singles 1974 year-end chart. All songs by Merle Haggard unless otherwise noted.