I Wish I Was Santa Claus

The AllMusic review states "It sounds pretty much as you'd expect, especially given the cover art, but this collision of Bakersfield country music and traditional Christmas material has a certain charm..."[1]

1. "El Niño" (Moore, Willie Nelson) – 2:36
2. "I Wish I Were Santa Claus" (Raymond McDonald) – 2:33
3. "Christmas in Cabo San Lucas" (Colosio, Dyer, Joss, Williams) – 3:15
4. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 3:18
5. "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont) – 2:16
6. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:15
7. "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes, Jay Johnson) – 2:46
8. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Kent Gannon, James Gannon, Buck Ram) – 2:58
9. "Santa Claus & Popcorn" (Haggard) – 2:06
10. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 2:34
11. "Silver Bells" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 3:37
12. "If We Make It Through December" (Haggard) – 2:41

• Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar
• Don Markham – horn, trumpet, background vocals
• April Anderson – background vocals
• Theresa Lane Haggard – background vocals
• Johnnie Barber – drums
• Doug Colosio – piano, background vocals
• Scott Joss – fiddle, guitar, background vocals
• Abe Manuel Jr. – guitar
• Joe Manuel – guitar
• Randy Mason – guitar
• Norman Stevens – guitar, background vocals
• Kevin Williams – bass, background vocals