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Name = Christmas Caravan |

| Type name = [[Album]]Christmas |Caravan

| type Artist = [[Squirrel Nut Zippers]] |studio

| artist Producer = [[Mike Napolitano]] and [[Squirrel Nut Zippers]] |

| Cover cover = Christmascaravansnz.jpg |

Released = [[October 6]], [[1998]] |

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Recorded = July, 1998|

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Genre = [[Jazz]], [[Swing (genre)|Swing]] and [[Holiday (genre)|Holiday]]|

| released = {{Start date|1998|10|6}}

Length = |

| Recorded recorded = July, 1998|

Label = [[Mammoth Records]] |

| Lengthvenue = |

Producer = [[Mike Napolitano]] and [[Squirrel Nut Zippers]] |

| studio = Kingsway, New Orleans; Overdub Lane, Durham, North Carolina

Reviews =

| genre = *[[Jazz]]

* [[All Music Guide]] {{rating-5|3}} [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1itqoalaiijn link] |

*[[Swing (genre)|swing]]

Last album = ''[[Perennial Favorites]]'' <br /> (1998) |

*[[Christmas music|Christmas]]

This album ='''''Christmas Caravan'''''<br />(1998) |

| length = {{Duration|m=34|s=10}}

Next album = ''[[Bedlam Ballroom]]''<br />(2000) |

| Label label = [[Mammoth Records|Mammoth]] |

| producer = Mike Napolitano, Squirrel Nut Zippers

| Last album prev_title = ''[[Perennial Favorites]]'' <br /> (1998) |

| prev_year = 1998

| Next album next_title = ''[[Bedlam Ballroom]]''<br />(2000) |

| next_year = 2000

}}

{{Music ratings

'''''Christmas Caravan''''' is a [[Holiday (genre)|holiday]] album by [[jazz]] band [[Squirrel Nut Zippers]]. It was released in 1998 through [[Mammoth Records]] and contains a version of the song "Sleigh Ride."

| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r372931|label=''Christmas Caravan''}}</ref>

}}

'''''Christmas Caravan''''' is a Christmas album by the [[swing revival]] band [[Squirrel Nut Zippers]] that was released in 1998 by [[Mammoth Records]]. This was the final release from the band to feature [[Tom Maxwell (singer)|Tom Maxwell]] and Ken Mosher as members, as they would leave the group the following year due to the rest of the band signing a management agreement without their knowledge.<ref>{{cite web|title=MTV News|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1434589/tom-maxwell-leaves-squirrel-nut-zippers/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923171940/http://www.mtv.com/news/1434589/tom-maxwell-leaves-squirrel-nut-zippers/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 23, 2016|website=Mtv.com|access-date=8 August 2016}}</ref>

==Track listing==

# "Winter Weather" ([[Ted Shapiro]]) – 2:24

# "Indian Giver" ([[Jimbo Mathus]]) – 3:37

# "A Johnny Ace Christmas" ([[Tom Maxwell (singer)|Tom Maxwell]]) – 3:43

# "My Evergreen" (Maxwell) – 2:35

# "[[Sleigh Ride]]" ([[Leroy Anderson]], [[Mitchell Parish]]) – 3:09

# "I'm Coming Home for Christmas" (Manny Cabral, Mathus) – 3:46

# "Carolina Christmas" (Maxwell, Ken Mosher) – 1:51

# "Gift of the Magi" (Mathus) – 3:19

# "Hot Christmas" (Maxwell, Mosher) – 2:35

# "Hanging upUp My Stockings" (Chester Church) – 7:11

==Personnel==

*[[Jimbo Mathus]]

*[[Katharine Whalen]]

*Ken Mosher

*Je Widenhouse

*Chris Philips

*Stuart Cole

*[[Tom Maxwell (singer)|Tom Maxwell]]

'''Additional musicians'''

* [[Andrew Bird]] – violin on "Gift of the Magi"

* Hawkeye Jordan - mandolin on "Gift of the Magi"

* [[Pat Sansone]] - piano on "Winter Weather"

'''Production'''

* Mike Napolitano - producer, mixer

* John Plymale - engineer

* Phillip Broussard and George Ortilano - additional engineering

==References==

{{Reflist}}

{{Squirrel Nut Zippers}}

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[[Category:1998 albums]]

[[Category:Squirrel Nut Zippers albums]]

[[Category:1998 Christmas albums]]

[[Category:Mammoth Records albums]]

[[Category:Christmas albums by American artists]]

[[Category:Jazz Christmas albums]]