Kenny Rogers

The Boot counts down the Top 10 love songs in country music.

Merry Christmas y'all!

Country music and Christmas songs have been walking together hand in hand through the drifting snow for decades.

Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris also made the list with their 1987 collaborative album 'Trio'.

Officially, Rogers' last call was in Oct. 2017.

His version sounded very different from Rogers' hit.

The "Sweet Music Man" singer died in March at age 81.

For the two chart weeks dated Oct. 29 and Nov. 5, 1983, Rogers and Parton pulled off quite a feat.

One very special person saved the day.

He wasn't the first country star to record the song ... and he nearly passed on it himself.