You Just Gotta Love Christmas

You Just Gotta Love Christmas
Studio album by Peter Cetera
Released	October 19, 2004
Recorded	Spring-Summer 2004
Genre	Rock, Christmas
Length	39:45
Label	Viastar
Producer	Peter Cetera, Tony Harrell
Peter Cetera chronology
Another Perfect World (2001)Another Perfect World2001 You Just Gotta Love Christmas (2004)

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You Just Gotta Love Christmas (2004) is the eighth solo album by music artist Peter Cetera his seventh since leaving the group Chicago, and his first Christmas album. This album featured some artwork by Cetera's youngest daughter Senn and his oldest daughter Claire performs with him on "Blue Christmas" and "Winter Wonderland." Alison Krauss also performs with Cetera on "Deck the Halls".

Track listing

1. "Let It Snow" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:59
2. "Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 3:36
3. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 3:10
4. "Blue Christmas" (with Claire Cetera) (Billy Hays, Jay Johnson) – 3:19
5. "Deck The Halls" (with Alison Krauss) (traditional - Peter Cetera, Tony Harrell) – 3:10
6. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Buck Ram, Walter Kent, Kim Gannon) – 2:40
7. "You Just Gotta Love Christmas" (Cetera, Harrell) – 3:17
8. "Jingle Bells" (traditional - Cetera, Harrell) – 3:36
9. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (traditional - Cetera, Harrell) – 3:01
10. "Winter Wonderland" (with Claire Cetera) (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 2:57
11. "Something that Santa Claus Left Behind" (Cetera, Harrell) – 3:56
12. "Alone for the Holidays" (Cetera, Harrell) – 3:58

Personnel

• Peter Cetera: lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, arrangements
• Tony Harrell: keyboards and programming, arrangements
• Greg Morrow: drums and additional programming
• Eric Darken: percussion
• Jack Gavin: congas
• Jimmie Lee Sloas: bass guitar
• Craig Nelson: upright bass
• Mike Brignardello: bass guitar
• Glenn Worf: bass guitar, string bass
• Jerry McPherson: guitars
• Tom Bukovac: guitars
• Bruce Gaitsch: guitars
• Kenny Greenberg: guitars
• B. James Lowry: guitars
• Kirk "JellyRoll" Johnson: harmonica
• Ben Strano: trombone, trumpet solos
• Jim Horn: saxophones, sax solos
• Steve Herrman: trumpet
• Chris Dunn: trombone
• John Mock: pipes, buron, penny whistle
• Chris Carmichael: strings
• Claire Cetera: backing vocals on "Blue Christmas" and "Winter Wonderland"
• Alison Krauss: backing vocals on "Deck The Halls"

Production

• Produced, Written and Arranged by Peter Cetera and Tony Harrell.
• Recorded and Mixed at The Hum Depot (Nashville, TN).
• Recording Engineer: Ben Strano
• Additional Engineering: Chuck Bracco and Scott Velasco
• Mixed by Joe Hardy
• Mastered by Mark Chevalier and Jim Demain at Yes Master (Nashville, TN).
• Package Art and Design: Vickey Hanson
• Inside Artwork: Senna Cetera

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