Merle Haggard's Christmas Present 1LP #.cart-limit On top of the instrumental

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" This seeming contradiction makes The Berries' album feel vital for today's world - an attempt to grasp at good times while living in end times

that a literary treasure like John Darnielle (The Mountain Goats)

Merle Haggard's Christmas Present 1LP #.cart-limit On top of the instrumentalLimited vinyl LP reissue of this 1973 holiday album from the late country music great. While Merle keeps the mood light with selections such as "Santa Claus and Popcorn" and more traditional fare, he also has some bite with the high and lonesome "Daddy Won't Be Home for Christmas." His matter of fact tale about layoffs at the factory, "If We Make It Through December, has become timeless in tough times. When it was originally released, it was the #2