In the Christmas Spirit
# In the Christmas Spirit

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In the Christmas Spirit is the fourth album by the R&B/soul band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, released in November 1966. It charted 9 weeks peaking at #13 on Billboard's Best Bets For Christmas album chart December 2, 1967. The album features instrumental versions of traditional Christmas carols and songs.

## Track listing

### Side one

* "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont)
* "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)
* "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard Bernhard Smith)
* "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin)
* "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells)
* "Silver Bells" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)

### Side two

* "Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore)
* "Blue Christmas (Bill Hayes, Jay Johnson)
* "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" (Bob MacGimsey)
* "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr)
* "We Three Kings" (John Henry Hopkins Jr.)
* "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" (Traditional)

## Personnel

### Booker T. & the M.G.s

* Booker T. Jones - Hammond organ, piano, vibraphone
* Steve Cropper - guitar, bass guitar on "White Christmas"
* Donald Dunn - bass guitar, claves on "White Christmas"
* Al Jackson Jr. - drums, percussion
