Joseph Washington Jr.'s 1983 holiday LP puts a soulful, funky, suave ribbon on nine frosty Christmas cuts. In that season of music's traditional descent into threadbare schmaltz, Merry Christmas to You restores joy and wonder to a blizzard of bland. Under this tree, find undiscovered classics for our cynical age: the buoyant "Jesus’ Birthday," the hot and bothered soul of "Merry Christmas," the ridiculously catchy wallet-opener "Shopping." The world of records produces just a precious few yuletide keepers: Spector's A Christmas Gift for You; Fahey's The New Possibility; Guaraldi's indelible Charlie Brown Christmas. Down another nog and file Joseph Washington Jr. comfortably next to those.
| A1 | Let Me Hang My Mistletoe |
| A2 | Jesus' Birthday |
| A3 | Rudolph |
| A4 | Merry Christmas |
| B1 | Sharing Christmas With You |
| B2 | Snowing in the East on Christmas |
| B3 | Whatcha Gonna Bring Me |
| B4 | Shopping |
| B5 | New Year |
