This Christmas Time

This Christmas Time
This Christmas Time
Studio album by Lonestar
Released	September 12, 2000
Studio	Emerald Entertainment (Nashville, Tennessee); Sound Kitchen and Studio Works Productions (Franklin, Tennessee).
Genre	Country; Christmas;
Length	44:04
Label	BNA
Producer	Dann Huff
Lonestar chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

This Christmas Time is the fourth studio album and first Christmas album by the American country music group Lonestar. Their first Christmas album, it was released in 2000 on BNA Records. Most of the tracks are renditions of traditional Christmas material, with three newly written tracks — the title track, "If Every Day Could Be Christmas", and "Reason for the Season".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"	John Frederick Coots Haven Gillespie	4:11
2.	"Please Come Home for Christmas"	Charles Brown Gene Redd	2:48
3.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Ralph Blane Hugh Martin	4:22
4.	"If Every Day Could Be Christmas"	Anthony Little Gary Baker Frank J. Myers	4:34
5.	"The Little Drummer Boy"	Katherine Kennicott Davis Harry Simeone Henry Onorati	4:38
6.	"O Holy Night"	Adolphe Adam John Sullivan Dwight	4:52
7.	"Reason for the Season"	Larry Boone Paul Nelson Richie McDonald	4:01
8.	"What Child Is This?"	William Chatterton Dix	3:14
9.	"Winter Wonderland"	Felix Bernard Richard B. Smith	3:18
10.	"The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"	Mel Tormé Robert Wells	4:07
11.	"This Christmas Time"	Marv Green Dean Sams	3:51
Total length:			43:56

Personnel

Lonestar

Richie McDonald – lead vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar
Dean Sams – keyboards, acoustic piano, acoustic guitar, harmonica, backing vocals
Michael Britt – acoustic guitar, electric guitars, backing vocals
Keech Rainwater – drums, percussion

Additional Musicians

Tim Akers – keyboards, acoustic piano
Matt Rollings – keyboards, acoustic piano
Dann Huff – electric guitars
Larry Beaird – acoustic guitar, steel guitar
Biff Watson – acoustic guitar, bouzouki
Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
Paul Leim – drums
Eric Darken – percussion
Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
Jonathan Yudkin – cello, fiddle, mandolin
Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson – harmonica
Robbie Cheuvront – backing vocals
Glen M. Childress – backing vocals
Lisa Cochran – backing vocals
Vicki Hampton – backing vocals
Gene Miller – backing vocals
Russell Terrell – backing vocals

Production

Dann Huff – producer
Jeff Balding – recording, mixing
Eric Bickel – recording assistant, mix assistant
Jed Hackett – recording assistant, mix assistant
Mark Hagen – recording assistant, mix assistant, additional recording
Bart Pursley – additional recording
Shawn Simpson – digital editing
Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
Robert Hadley – mastering assistant
Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
Norman Jean Roy – photography
Michelle Vanderpool – hair, make-up
Ann Waters – stylist

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[2]	95
US Christian Albums (Billboard)^[3]	3
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	11
US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard)^[5]	6

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[6]	57

References

^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r499333
^ "Lonestar Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
^ "Lonestar Chart History (Christian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
^ "Lonestar Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
^ "Lonestar Chart History (Holiday Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2001". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2020.

[1] ttps://www.allmusic.com/album/r499333

[ac_Billboard200_Lonestar-2] "Lonestar Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2020.

[ac_BillboardChristian_Lonestar-3] "Lonestar Chart History (Christian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2020.

[ac_BillboardCountry_Lonestar-4] "Lonestar Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2020.

[ac_BillboardHoliday_Lonestar-5] "Lonestar Chart History (Holiday Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2020.

[6] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2001". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2020.

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v t e Lonestar
Michael Britt Keech Rainwater Dean Sams Drew Womack Cody Collins Richie McDonald John Rich
Studio albums	Lonestar Crazy Nights Lonely Grill I'm Already There Let's Be Us Again Coming Home Mountains Party Heard Around the World Life as We Know It Never Enders
Christmas albums	This Christmas Time
Compilation albums	From There to Here: Greatest Hits
Notable singles	"Tequila Talkin'" "No News" "Runnin' Away with My Heart" "Heartbroke Every Day" "Come Cryin' to Me" "You Walked In" "Say When" "Everything's Changed" "Amazed" "Smile" "What About Now" "Tell Her" "I'm Already There" "With Me" "Not a Day Goes By" "Unusually Unusual" "My Front Porch Looking In" "Walking in Memphis" "Let's Be Us Again" " Mr. Mom " "Class Reunion (That Used to Be Us)" "You're Like Comin' Home" "Mountains"
Associated acts	Canyon
Related articles	Discography I Turn to You "Maybe He'll Notice Her Now" The Frontmen