Christmas Eve and Christmas at the Grand Ole Opry

With today being the start of Christmas week, and the Friday Night Opry taking place on Christmas night, I thought it would be interesting to look back at past Grand Ole Opry shows that have taken place on either Christmas Eve or Christmas night. I have gone back to the mid-1960s and have the line-ups, and in many cases, the songs listed that were performed on those shows. 

What I have found interesting is the quality of the Opry line-ups in the 1960s, and though the 1980s, which I would attribute to the fact that most of the Opry's members were home for the holidays and lived in the Nashville area. I know that "back in the day" Opry members would often exchange gifts during those Opry shows. The other interesting fact is that I thought I would see more Christmas songs listed. When I think back to those Opry shows, and listening while growing up, I always seemed to remember that almost every act sang a holiday song. Yet in looking at these shows, very few actually did. 

So here is what I have, with the Christmas Eve shows listed first, then the Christmas shows, starting with the oldest and moving forward to the recent. And as a point of information, it was during the 1976 Christmas show that Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers became Opry members. 

1st the shows from Christmas Eve:

December 24, 1966: 
7:30: Jim Ed Brown (host); Ernie Ashworth; Skeeter Davis; Cousin Jody; Ray Pillow
8:00: Porter Wagoner (host); Jean Shepard; George Hamilton IV; Grandpa Jones; Jim & Jesse; Curly Fox
8:30: Jimmy C Newman (host); Bill Carlisle; Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper; Archie Campbell; Marion Worth; George Morgan; Bob Luman
9:00: Ernest Tubb (host); Bill Monroe; Charlie Louvin; Dottie West
9:30: Roy Acuff (host); Osborne Brothers; Billy Grammer; Carter Family; Lonzo & Oscar
10:00: Porter Wagoner (host); Jean Shepard; Ray Pillow
10:15: Jimmy C Newman (host); Dottie West; Grandpa Jones
10:30: Bill Monroe (host); Bob Luman; Cousin Jody
10:45: Ernest Tubb (host); Jim & Jesse
11:00: Roy Acuff (host); Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper; Lonzo & Oscar; Billy Grammer
11:30: Marty Robbins (host); Osborne Brothers; Marion Worth; Curly Fox 

Saturday December 24, 1977: 
1st show
6:00: Roy Drusky (host); Skeeter Davis; Justin Tubb; Billy Grammer; Lonzo & Oscar; Ernie Ashworth
6:30: Bill Monroe (host); Stonewall Jackson; Charlie Walker
6:45: Ernest Tubb (host); Jack Greene; Jeannie Seely
7:00: Porter Wagoner (host); Wilma Lee Cooper; Wilburn Brothers; Bill Carlisle; Del Wood
7:30: Roy Acuff (host); Charlie Louvin; Minnie Pearl
8:00: Lester Flatt (host); Jean Shepard; Bob Luman; Stu Phillips
8:30: Hank Snow (host); Jimmy C Newman; Ray Pillow; Marion Worth

2nd show
9:30: Ernest Tubb (host); Charlie Walker; Skeeter Davis; Billy Grammer; Jack Greene; Jeannie Seely 
10:00: Porter Wagoner (host); Justin Tubb; Stonewall Jackson; Lonzo & Oscar
10:15: Roy Acuff (host); Wilma Lee Cooper; Charlie Louvin; Ernie Ashworth
10:30: Lester Flatt (host); Jean Shepard; Wilburn Brothers; Stu Phillips
11:00: Hank Snow (host); Bob Luman; Del Wood
11:30: Jimmy C Newman (host); Ray Pillow

Saturday December 24, 1983:
1st show
6:30: Bonanza
Charlie Walker (host): My Window Faces South
Ernie Ashworth: Talk Back Trembling Lips
Charlie Walker: Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer/Jingle Bells

6:45: Rudy's
Jimmy Dickens (host): May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose
Jeanne Pruett: Temporarily Yours
Jimmy Dickens: There's No Place Like Home on Christmas

7:00: Shoney's
Porter Wagoner (host): On A Highway Headed South
Riders In The Sky: I'm Trying to Forget Its Christmas
Jeannie Seely: I'm All Through Crying Over You
Billy Grammer: The Old Spinning Wheel/Detroit City
Del Wood: Jingle Bells
Porter Wagoner: I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name

7:30: Standard Candy
Bill Monroe (host): Christmas Time's 'A Comin'
Jean Shepard: The Tips of My Fingers
Roy Drusky: Silent Night
Wilma Lee Cooper: Rachel's Guitar
Lonzo & Oscar: Jangle Bells/Frosty the Snowman
Crook Brothers/Melvin Sloan Dancers: Black Mountain Rag
Bill Monroe: Life's Railway to Heaven

8:00: Martha White
Roy Acuff (host): Wabash Cannonball
Jesse McReynolds: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Minnie Pearl: I Wish You A Merry Christmas
Bill Carlisle: Same Old Tale That the Crow Told Me
Connie Smith: How Great Thou Art/Sing, Sing, Sing

8:30: Acme 
Hank Snow (host): Gonna Find Me A Bluebird
4 Guys: (?)
Billy Walker: He Sang the Songs about El Paso
Jan Howard: White Christmas
Stu Phillips: C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S
Hank Snow: Christmas Roses

2nd show
9:30: Kellogg's
Porter Wagoner (host): On A Highway Headed South
4 Guys: My Fannie Mae
Jimmy Dickens: Take An Old Cold Tater
Charlie Louvin: My Baby's Gone
Ray Pillow: You're Playing Hard to Forget
Porter Wagoner: I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name/Ol' Slewfoot

10:00: Little Debbie
Stonewall Jackson (host): Me & You & A Dog Named Boo
Jeanne Pruett: Satin Sheets
Del Wood: Waiting for the Robert E Lee
Stonewall Jackson: Don't Be Angry

10:15: Sunbeam
Bill Monroe (host): Ol' Ebeneezer Scrooge
Jeannie Seely: When Will I See You Again
Bill Monroe: Christmas Time's 'A Comin'

10:30: Martha White
Roy Acuff (host): Night Train to Memphis
Vic Willis Trio: Colorado
Teddy Wilburn: Because He Lives
Roy Acuff: From Cradle to Cross to Crown/I Saw the Light

10:45: Beech-Nut
Roy Drusky (host): Mississippi
Connie Smith: Go Tell It on the Mountain
Crook Brothers/Melvin Sloan Dancers: New Five Cents
Roy Drusky: White Christmas

11:00: Coca-Cola
Hank Snow (host): Send Me the Pillow You Dream On
Jesse McReynolds: What About You
Jean Shepard: Kentucky
Wilma Lee Cooper; Anywhere Just Inside Your Arms
Lonzo & Oscar: Gone, Gone, Gone
Hank Snow: A Letter to Santa Claus

11:30: Hardee's 
Billy Walker (host): Cross the Brazos at Waco
Bill Carlisle: No Help Wanted
Bill Carlisle Jr.: Blue Christmas
Jan Howard: Rocky Top/Gold Watch & Chain
Billy Walker: He Sang the Songs about El Paso

Saturday December 24, 1988
1st show
6:30: Mrs Grissoms
4 Guys (host): How Married Are You Mary Ann
Jan Howard: I Don't Know A Thing About Love
4 Guys: When You've Got A Good Woman It Shows

6:45: Rudy's
Bill Monroe (host): Blue Moon of Kentucky
Jeannie Seely: The Divorce Song
Charlie Walker: Does Ft. Worth Ever Cross Your Mind
Bill Monroe: Christmas Times 'A Comin

7:00: Shoney's
Porter Wagoner (host): Y'All Come
Jean Shepard: So Used to Loving You
Roy Drusky: Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Stonewall Jackson: Old Chuck of Coal
Bill Carlisle: Leave that Liar Alone
Porter Wagoner: Happy Birthday Jesus/Sugarfoot Rag

7:30: Standard Candy
Jimmy Dickens (host): Family Reunion
Skeeter Davis: Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Ernie Ashworth: Talk Back Trembling Lips
Osborne Brothers: Rocky Top
Lorrie Morgan: Hard Candy Christmas
Jimmy Dickens: There's No Place Like Home on Christmas

8:00: Martha White
Roy Acuff (host): Wabash Cannonball
Connie Smith: Sing, Sing, Sing/The Key's in the Mailbox
Opry Square Dance Band/Stoney Mountain Cloggers: Bill Cheatham
Minnie Pearl: Comedy
Roy Acuff: I Saw the Light

8:30: Music Valley Merchants
Hank Snow (host): Well Never Say Goodbye, Just Say So Long
Jim & Jesse: The Big Dreamer
Charlie Louvin: Small Men Cast Long Shadows
Ray Pillow: The Kind of Love I Can't Forget
Vic Willis Trio: Sioux City Sue
Hank Snow: Christmas Roses

2nd show
9:30: Dollar General
Porter Wagoner (host): Ol' Slewfoot
4 Guys: What'll You Do About Me
Jan Howard: I'll Be Home for Christmas
Roy Drusky: Silent Night
Stonewall Jackson: Don't Be Angry
Porter Wagoner: Forty Miles from Poplar Bluff/Tennessee Saturday Night

10:00: Little Debbie
Jimmy Dickens (host): Me & My Big Loud Mouth
Jeannie Seely: It Should Be Easier Now
Jimmy Dickens: I Leaned Over Backwards for You

10:15: Sunbeam
Roy Acuff (host): Night Train to Memphis
Jean Shepard: Someone's Gotta Cry/Second Fiddle
Roy Acuff: I'll Fly Away

10:30: Pet Milk
Bill Monroe (host): Santa Claus
Skeeter Davis: Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Bill Monroe: What A Wonderful Life

10:45: B.C. Powder
Charlie Walker (host): Cherokee Maiden
Osborne Brothers: Kentucky
Opry Square Dance Band/Stoney Mountain Cloggers: Liberty
Charlie Walker: White Christmas

11:00: Coca-Cola
Hank Snow (host): Paper Roses
Jim & Jesse: When I Dream About the Southland
Connie Smith: Satisfied
Justin Tubb: Texas Dance Hall Girl
Charlie Louvin: New Dreams and Sunshine
Hank Snow: Silent Night

11:30: Creamette
George Hamilton IV (host): C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S
Ray Pillow: I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
Bill Carlisle: White Lightening
Vic Willis Trio: Be Glad/Let It Be Me
George Hamilton IV: Silent Night

Saturday December 24, 1994
1st show
6:30: GHS Strings
Grandpa Jones (host):(?)
Bill Carlisle: Little Liza Jane
Grandpa Jones: The Christmas Guest

6:45: Country Music Hall of Fame
Bill Monroe (host): Love Come Home
Del Reeves: She Thinks I Still Care
Bill Monroe: Put My Little Shoes Away

7:00: Shoney's
Jim Ed Brown (host): Southern Loving
Wilma Lee Cooper: Away In A Manger
Charlie Walker: Does Ft. Worth Ever Cross Your Mind
Jean Shepard: Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me/Farewell Party
Jim Ed Brown: A Child Is Born

7:30: Standard Candy
Bill Anderson (host): Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Jan Howard: The Christmas Song
Jim & Jesse: I'm Happy Every Day I Live
Jeannie Seely: I'll Be Home for Christmas
Mike Snider: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Bill Anderson: C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S

8:00: Martha White
Porter Wagoner (host): Freight Train Boogie
Ricky Skaggs: A New Star Shinning
The Whites: He Took Your Place
Roy Drusky: Will Santa Come to Shanty Town
Opry Square Dance Band: Snow Flake Reel
Marty Stuart: Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Porter Wagoner & Marty Stuart: Misery Loves Company

8:30: Kraft
Hank Snow (host): Snowbird
4 Guys: River of Dreams
Charlie Louvin: See the Big Man Cry
Connie Smith: Away In A Manger
Billy Walker: Charlie's Shoes/Heartaches by the Number
Hank Snow: Christmas Roses

2nd show
9:30: Dollar General
Porter Wagoner (host): Tell Her Lies and Feed Her Candy
Oswald: No One Will Every Know
Ray Pillow: That Ain't No Way to Treat My Heart
Jean Shepard: If Teardrops Were Pennies
Stonewall Jackson: Old Chunk of Coal
Porter Wagoner: Happy Birthday Jesus

10:00: 
Grandpa Jones (host): (?)
Mike Snider: Chicken Necks and Wings
Grandpa Jones: The Christmas Guest

10:15: Sunbeam/Tennessee Pride
Bill Monroe (host): Goodbye Old Pal
Jan Howard: The Christmas Song
Bill Monroe: Christmas Time's A Comin'

10:30: Gruhn Guitars
Bill Anderson (host): Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Jim & Jesse: I'n Changing the Words to My Love Song
Bill Anderson: C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S

10:45: Fairfield Communities
Ricky Skaggs (host): Thanks Again
The Whites: Keep on the Sunny Side
Opry Square Dance Band: Liberty
Ricky Skaggs: It Takes 3

11:00: Coca-Cola
Hank Snow (host): Fraulein
4 Guys: Silent Night
Jim Ed Brown: The 3 Bells
Charlie Louvin: Mama's Angels
Billy Walker: Cattle Call
Hank Snow: Silent Night

11:30: Cates Pickles
Johnny Russell (host): Act Naturally
Osborne Brothers: Rocky Top
Jeannie Seely: I'll Be Home for Christmas
Charlie Walker: Right or Wrong
Connie Smith: How Great Thou Art
Johnny Russell: I Wish You A Merry Christmas

Saturday December 24, 2005: 
6:30: Jean Shepard (host); Jack Greene; T.G. Sheppard
7:00: Ray Pillow (host); Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press; Sherrie Austin
7:30: Charlie Walker (host); Jesse McReynolds & The Virginia Boys; Hal Bynum
8:00: Jeannie Seely (host); Stu Phillips; Cherryholmes
8:30: George Hamilton IV (host); Billy Walker; T. Graham Brown

Saturday December 24, 2011:
7:00: Mike Snider (host); Jim Lauderdale; Laura Cantrell
7:30: Jeannie Seely (host); Johnny Counterfit; Eddy Raven
Intermission
8:15: George Hamilton IV (host); Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press; David Ball; Opry Square Dancers
8:45: Jim Ed Brown (host); Riders In The Sky; Suzy Bogguss

Now the shows from Christmas night: 

Saturday December 25, 1965:
7:30: Luzianne
Ernest Tubb (host): Do What 'Cha Do Do Well
Osborne Brothers: Up This Hill and Down
Wilma Lee Cooper: Pirate King
Grandpa Jones: Cindy
Ernest Tubb: For God & Country & You
Stringbean: String's A Pickin
Wilma Lee Cooper: Tramp on the Street
Ernest Tubb: May the Good Lord Bless & Keep You

8:00: Martha White
George Hamilton IV (host): Write Me A Picture
Dottie West: Here Comes My Baby
George Morgan: Silent Night
Jim & Jesse: Maybelline
George Hamilton IV: Truck Driving Man
Crook Brothers: Cotton Eyed Joe
Dottie West: Before the Ring on Your Finger Turns Green
George Morgan: Almost

8:30: Stephens
Charlie Louvin (host): Think I'll Go Somewhere and Cry Myself to Sleep
Loretta Lynn: Happy Birthday
Bob Luman: Five Miles from Home
Archie Campbell: Comedy
Charlie Louvin: The First Noel
Del Wood: Are You From Dixie
Loretta Lynn: The Home You're Tearing Down
Jimmy Capps: Jolly Ol' Saint Nick
Charlie Louvin: You Finally Said Something Good/See the Big Man Cry

9:00: Pet Milk
Roy Drusky (host): Strangers
Skeeter Davis: It Only Hurts For A Little While
Glaser Brothers: Teardrops Til Dawn
Billy Grammer: Browns Ferry Blues
Roy Drusky: Peel Me A Nanner
Curly Fox: The Old Gray Mule
Fruit Jar Drinkers: Bill Cheatham
Skeeter Davis: The End of the World
Jerry Whitehurst: (?)

9:30: Kellogg's
Hank Snow (host): I'm Moving On
Willis Brothers: Pinball Anonymous
Jean Shepard: It's A Man
Hank Snow: My Mother
Lonzo & Oscar: Take Them Cold Feet Out of My Back
Marion Worth: Shake Me, I Rattle
Willis Brothers: When I Come Driving Thru

10:00: Schick
Ernest Tubb (host): Thanks A Lot
Stringbean: Little Liza Jane
Loretta Lynn: Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven
Del Wood: Columbus Stockade Blues
Ernest Tubb: Blue Christmas
Leon Rhodes: Leon's Guitar Boogie

10:15: Mary Carter
Roy Drusky (host): White Lightening Express
Dottie West: No Sign of Living/Blue Moon of Kentucky
Pete Drake: For Pete's Sake
Roy Drusky: Alone With You

10:30: Harvey's
Jim & Jesse (host): Memphis
Grandpa Jones: Kentucky
George Morgan: You're The Only Good Thing
Jim & Jesse: Johnny B Goode

10:45: Newport
Charlie Louvin (host): Less & Less/I Don't Love You Anymore
Osborne Brothers: Memories
Crook Brothers: Old Joe Clark
Charlie Louvin: Life Begins At Love

11:00: Coca-Cola
Hank Snow (host): The Golden Rocket
Skeeter Davis: Walking the Floor Over You
Glaser Brothers: Baby, They're Playing Our Song
Hank Snow: I've Cried A Mile
Lonzo & Oscar: Fingers
Sam & Kirk McGee: (?)
Skeeter Davis: Sunglasses
Hank Snow: I Don't Hurt Anymore

11:30: Lava
Marty Robbins (host): Ruby Ann
Willis Brothers: Give Me 40 Acres
Jean Shepard: A Tear Dropped By
Curly Fox: Fifty Years Ago
Don Winters: Chime Bells
Marion Worth: Ever Since MY Baby Went Away
Willis Brothers: A 6 ft 2 by 4
Marty Robbins: Ribbon of Darkness/I Could Never Be Ashamed of You/You Know How Talk Gets Around

Saturday December 25, 1971:
7:00: Shoney's
Tex Ritter (host): Wayward Wind
Archie Campbell: Make Friends
Jimmy C Newman: Alligator Man
Ernie Ashworth: Wanted Man
Tex Ritter: Fall Away
4 Guys: Turn Your Radio On
Jimmy C Newman: Louisiana Dirty Rice
Ernie Ashworth: My Bottle Is Dry

7:30: Standard Candy
Wilburn Brothers (host): It Looks Like the Sun's Gonna Shine
Earl Scruggs Revue: Nashville Skyline Rag
Ray Pillow: Step Aside
Tom T Hall: Chattanooga Dog
Earl Scruggs Revue: Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Ray Pillow: Since Then
Tom T Hall: That's How I Got to Memphis

8:00: Martha White
Lester Flatt (host) & Bill Monroe: Will You Be Loving Another Man/Little Cabin Home on the Hill
Grandpa Jones: Jingle Bells
Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper: Lord, I'm Coming Home
Charlie Louvin & Diane McCall: I'm Gonna Leave You
Crook Brothers: Black Mountain Rag
Stu Phillips: I'd Rather Be Sorry
Stringbean: Mountain Dew
Lester Flatt: Shuckin the Corn

8:30: Stephens
Roy Acuff (host): Wabash Cannonball
Tex Ritter: Here Was A Man
Jean Shepard: Safe in the Loving Arms of Mine 
Stonewall Jackson: Don't Be Angry
Del Reeves: The Best Is Yet to Come
Lonzo & Oscar: Charming Betsy
Charlie Walker: Pick Me Up on Your Way Down
Del Wood: Are You From Dixie
Roy Acuff: I Saw the Light

9:00: Luzianne
Ernest Tubb (host): Thanks A Lot
Dottie West: Six Weeks Every Summer; Christmas Every Other Year
Earl Scruggs Revue: T for Texas
Wilburn Brothers: Christmas at the Opry
Fruit Jar Drinkers: Katy Hill
George Morgan: Easy Loving
Jack Greene: Statue of A Fool
Jeannie Seely: All Right, I'll Sign the Papers
Ernest Tubb: The Women Make A Fool Out of Me

9:30: Kellogg's
Hank Snow (host): As Love Goes
Willis Brothers: Women's Liberation
Marion Worth: For the Good Times
Archie Campbell: Comedy
Jim Ed Brown: Morning
Tom T Hall: The Year that Clayton Delaney Died
Jimmy C Newman: A Fallen Star
Hank Snow: My Blue Eyed Jane

10:00: Fender
Bill Monroe (host): Were You There
Wilma Lee Cooper: I Don't Care if Tomorrow Never Comes
Charlie Louvin: I Placed A Call/Will You Visit Me on Sundays
Stringbean: Herding Cattle
Ray Pillow: Heart Over Mind

10:15: Union 76
Roy Acuff (host): When I Lay My Burden Down
Tex Ritter: Christmas Carols by the Old Corral
Jean Shepard: I Thought of You/It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels/You Win Again/A Dear John Letter
Del Wood: Gloryland March

10:30: Trailblazer
Lester Flatt (host): Is Anybody Going North to Cincinnati
Grandpa Jones: The Valley of the Never Do No Good
Stonewall Jackson: Life to Go
Lester Flatt: Sugar Tree Stomp

10:45: Beech-Nut 
Ernest Tubb (host): Blue Christmas
Wilburn Brothers: The War Keeps on Dragging On
Stu Phillips: Help Me Make it Through the Night
Crook Brothers: Mississippi Sawyer
4 Guys: Shenandoah

11:00: Coca-Cola
Hank Snow (host): In the Misty Moonlight
Dottie West: Put Your Hand in the Hand
Willis Brothers: Give Me 40 Acres
Fruit Jar Drinkers: Hickory Leaf
Lonzo & Oscar: Easy Loving
Dottie West: Here Comes My Baby
Sam McGee: Buck Dancer's Choice
Hank Snow: Christmas Roses

11:30: Elm Hill
Marty Robbins (host): Singing the Blues
Marion Worth: I Really Don't Want to Know
Charlie Walker: My Baby Used to Be That Way
Marty Robbins: I Walk Alone/Long Gone Lonesome Blues/I'm So Afraid of Losing You Again/Today I Started Loving You Again/They'll Never Take Her Love From Me/Begging to You/Don't Worry/Big Boss Man/The Best Part of Living/Walking the Floor Over You

Saturday December 25, 1976:
1st show
6:00: Bill Monroe (host); Ray Pillow; Marion Worth; Lonzo; Ernie Ashworth
6:30: Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper (host); Charlie Louvin; Del Wood
6:45: Ernest Tubb (host); Skeeter Davis; Billy Grammer
7:00: Roy Acuff (host); Charlie Walker; Minnie Pearl; Jimmy C Newman; Stu Phillips
7:30: Porter Wagoner (host); Dottie West; Justin Tubb; Crook Brothers; Stoney Mountain Cloggers; Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers
8:00: Lester Flatt (host); Jack Greene; Jeannie Seely; Vic Willis; Bob Luman
8:30: Hank Snow (host); Jeanne Pruett; Stonewall Jackson; Bill Carlisle; Jim & Jesse; Fruit Jar Drinkers

2nd show
9:30: Ernest Tubb (host); Charlie Louvin; Skeeter Davis; Wayne Hammond; Lonzo; Billy Grammer
10:00: Bill Monroe (host); Ray Pillow; Ernie Ashworth
10:15: Roy Acuff (host); Marion Worth; Charlie Walker; Onie Wheeler
10:30: Lester Flatt (host); Jack Greene; Jeannie Seely; Jimmy C Newman
10:45: Porter Wagoner (host); Justin Tubb; Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers; Crook Brothers; Stoney Mountain Cloggers
11:00: Hank Snow (host); Bob Luman; Vic Willis; Fruit Jar Drinkers; Kirk McGee
11:30: Marty Robbins (host); Jeanne Pruett; Bill Carlisle

Saturday December 25, 1982:
1st show
6:30: Charlie Louvin (host); Jeannie Seely
6:45: Jack Greene (host); Wilma Lee Cooper
7:00: Porter Wagoner (host); Jimmy Dickens; Skeeter Davis; Charlie Walker; Billy Grammer
7:30: Bill Monroe (host); Jean Shepard; Lonzo & Oscar; Billy Walker; Bill Carlisle
8:00: Roy Acuff (host); Jan Howard; Roy Drusky; Stonewall Jackson; Stu Phillips
8:30: Hank Snow (host); Connie Smith; Jimmy C Newman; 4 Guys; Vic Willis Trio

2nd show
9:30: Porter Wagoner (host); 4 Guys; Jack Greene; Ernie Ashworth; Skeeter Davis; Ray Pillow
10:00: Charlie Walker (host); Jimmy Dickens; Teddy Wilburn
10:15: Bill Monroe (host); Stonewall Jackson
10:30: Roy Acuff (host); Connie Smith
10:45: Billy Walker (host); Jean Shepard
11:00: Hank Snow (host); Jeannie Seely; Justin Tubb; Jimmy C Newman
11:30: Roy Drusky (host); Jan Howard; Vic Willis Trio/Bill Carlisle

Saturday December 25, 1993:
1st show
6:30: GHS Strings
Bill Monroe (host): I'm On My Way Back to the Old Home/Wheel Hoss/The Evening Prayer Blues

6:45: Country Music Hall of Fame
Jim Ed Brown (host): Southern Loving
Bill Carlisle: Elvira
Jim Ed Brown: Four Walls/He'll Have to Go

7:00: Shoney's
Porter Wagoner (host): Howdy Neighbor Howdy
Charlie Walker: Right or Wrong
Wilma Lee Cooper: I'm Going Home on the Morning Train
Oswald: I'll Be All Smiles Tonight
Rick Wayne: Lonely Women Make Good Lovers
Danny Davis: Let's Think About Living
Porter Wagoner & Marty Stuart: Misery Loves Company

7:30: Standard Candy
4 Guys (host): We're Only Here For a Little While
Jeanne Pruett: Satin Sheets
Charlie Louvin: It's Christmas Time Again
Connie Smith: Away In A Manger
Osborne Brothers: Rocky Top
4 Guys: How Married Are You Mary Ann/Moments to Remember

8:00: Martha White
Bill Anderson (host): Po' Folks Christmas
Jan Howard: White Christmas
Billy Walker: Cross the Brazos at Waco
Jeannie Seely: I'll Be Home for Christmas
Opry Square Dance Band/Melvin Sloan Dancers: Bill Cheatham
Bill Anderson: Deck of Cards

8:30: Kraft
Hank Snow (host): Right or Wrong
Jean Shepard: I Don't See How I Can Make it With You Gone/Wabash Cannonball
Stonewall Jackson: Muddy Water
Grandpa Jones: Some Little Bug Is Going to Find You Someday
Hank Snow: A Letter to Santa Claus

2nd show
9:30: Dollar General
Porter Wagoner (host): Sugarfoot Rag
Jan Howard: As Long As I'm Rocking With You
Osborne Brothers: My Favorite Memory/Rocky Top
Jean Shepard: Are You Teasing Me
Porter Wagoner: Happy Birthday Jesus/Winter Wonderland/Deck the Halls/Jingle Bells

10:00: Little Debbie
Bill Monroe (host): Footprints in the Snow
Wilma Lee Cooper: The Picture on the Wall
Bill Monroe: The Lord Will Protect My Soul/John Hardy

10:15: Sunbeam/Tennessee Pride
Grandpa Jones (host) (?)
Charlie Louvin: Mama's Angels
Grandpa Jones: The Christmas Guest
Joe Carroll: Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party

10:30: Piccadilly
Bill Anderson (host): Did She Mention My Name
Jim & Jesse: When I Dream About the Southland
Bill Anderson: Golden Guitar

10:45: Opry Book
Billy Walker (host): Down to My Last Cigarette
Jeannie Seely: I'll Be Home for Christmas
Opry Square Dance Band/Melvin Sloan Dancers: Rachel
Billy Walker: Peace in the Valley

11:00: Coca-Cola
Hank Snow (host): I Don't Hurt Anymore
Connie Smith: Then and Only Then
Stonewall Jackson: Side Steppin' the Blues
Charlie Walker: Silver Dew on the Bluegrass Tonight
4 Guys: In the Middle of the Night
Hank Snow: Silent Night

11:30: General Jackson
Jim Ed Brown (host): Pop A Top
Cumberland Boys: Have A Country Christmas
Jeanne Pruett: Temporarily Yours
Johnny Russell: Ain't You Even Gonna Cry
Jim Ed Brown: The 3 Bells/Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

Saturday December 25, 1999: 
1st show
6:30: Opryland Hotel/Banquet
Jim Ed Brown (host): Pop A Top
Bill Carlisle: Too Old to Cut the Mustard
Billy Walker: Jesus Walks In/Funny How Time Slips Away
Jim Ed Brown & Kim Ed Brown: The Angels Cried

7:00: Shoney's
Porter Wagoner (host): Howdy Neighbor Howdy
Jim & Jesse: The Magic Little Garden/What Child Is This
Mandy Barnett: I'll Be There/Silent Night
Porter Wagoner: Happy Birthday Jesus/Y'All Come
Rick Wayne: Over the Line

7:30: Standard Candy
Jean Shepard (host): Why Don't You Haul Off & Love Me
Osborne Brothers: Today I Started Loving You Again/Rocky Top
Mike Ireland: Christmas Past/What A Merry Christmas This Could Be
Jean Shepard: Let's All Go Down to the River/I Saw the Light/Will the Circle Be Unbroken/I'll Fly Away/Somebody Touched Me

8:00: Martha White
Jeannie Seely (host): Winter Wonderland
George Hamilton IV: Christmas Guest
Wilma Lee Cooper: The White Rose
Riders In The Sky: Woody's Roundup
Opry Square Dance Band: Fire on the Mountain
Jeannie Seely: Shake Me I Rattle

8:30: Physicians Mutual
Johnny Russell (host): Act Naturally
Mike Snider: Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer/Jingle Bells
John Berry: I'll Be Home for Christmas/ O Holly Night/The Christmas Song

2nd show
9:30: Capitol Records
Porter Wagoner (host): Dooley
Jim & Jesse: Stormy Horizons
Riders In The Sky: Woody's Roundup
Mandy Barnett: The Whispering Wind/Ever True, Every More
Porter Wagoner: Happy Birthday Jesus/Fireball Mail/Night Train to Memphis/House of Gold

10:00: Lincoln Mercury
Jim Ed Brown (host): Winter Wonderland
Wilma Lee Cooper: Wreck on the Highway
Jim Ed Brown: (?)

10:15: Fluffo
Billy Walker (host): Come A Little Bit Closer
Osborne Brothers: A World of Forgotten People
Billy Walker: Singing the Blues/Charlie's Shoes

10:30: Ryman
Jean Shepard (host): A Phone Call Away
John Berry: I'll Be Home for Christmas/O Holly Night
Jean Shepard: Before the Next Teardrop Falls

10:45: Joggin' In A Jug
George Hamilton IV (host): Natividod
Opry Square Dance Band: Sail Away Ladies
George Hamilton IV: Silent Night

11:00: Coca-Cola
Jeannie Seely (host): Burning That Old Memory
Stu Phillips: C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S
Charlie Walker: Drinking Champagne
Ray Pillow: That Ain't No Way to Treat My Heart/Too Many Memories
Jeannie Seely: Make the World Go Away

11:30: Ryman Reunion Celebration Videos
Johnny Russell (host): Truck Driving Man
Mike Snider: If My Nose Was Running Money/The Fur Coat
Mike Ireland: Christmas Past/What A Merry Christmas It Would Be

Saturday December 25, 2004:
6:30: Jeannie Seely (host); Jack Greene; Pinmonkey
7:00: George Hamilton IV (host); Gail Davies; Melonie Cannon
7:30: Jean Shepard (host); Jesse McReynolds & The Virginia Boys; Elizabeth Cook; Opry Square Dancers
8:00: Porter Wagoner (host); Billy Walker; Sherrie Austin
8:30: Jim Ed Brown (host); Osborne Brothers; Mandy Barnett

Saturday December 25, 2010:
7:00: Riders In The Sky (host); Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press; Emily West
7:30: George Hamilton IV (host); Jack Greene; Eddy Raven
Intermission
8:15: Mike Snider (host); Holly Williams; Opry Square Dancers
8:45: Jeannie Seely (host); Jan Howard; Dailey & Vincent

Merry Christmas to all and I hope you have all enjoyed these past Christmas Opry line-ups.