Daughter Of Man Who Inspired Willie Nelson’s Christmas Classic “Pretty Paper” Says He Never Knew The Song Was About Him: “He Crawled Around On His Hands And Knees, But We Never Did Without”

An all-time classic.

By and large, most Christmas music these days is pretty commercial, and honestly, forgettable. But over the years, legends like Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson have put out some absolutely beautiful, and timeless, holiday originals.

And one of the best is Willie Nelson’s“Pretty Paper,” which he wrote in 1963, and was first made famous by Roy Orbison when it peaked at #15 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Willie later recorded his own version of the song in 1964 and again in 1979 for his own Christmas album…

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