Wynonna Judd Preps for Christmas Tour

Posted by Carmen Wagster on 11/04/2008
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Beginning the day after Thanksgiving, Wynonna Judd plans to begin an 18-city Classic Christmas tour. The tour will end just in time for Judd to head home for the holidays.Judd's voice is also featured on the new Elvis Presley Christmas Duets album. Her voice was dubbed in with Elvis’ remastered Christmas classic, “Santa Claus Is Back In Town.” In a press statement, Judd said, "People always ask me, 'if you had one choice to work with anyone, who would it be? And I always say Elvis of course! It is a dream come true to have had the opportunity to actually record this song and hear my voice with his--it's something I never really thought could be possible, and I am so grateful that it did."Elvis Presley Christmas Duets also features the voices of other strong, female vocalists, including Sara Evans, Anne Murray, LeAnn Rimes and Carrie Underwood. Aside from Judd’s busy tour schedule, she will need to set aside some time to squeeze in some Christmas shopping. This year, however, she plans to control her spending, something she has failed to do in the past. She told ABC News, "I had an Elvis complex.  I had to buy Harleys and cars. I bought my Mom a bus." Judd’s spending habits were sending her well on her way into bankruptcy. Concerned about her spending problem, she visited Onsite, a Nashville organization that helps people develop a better and healthier relationship with their money. She recalled, "They drew my farm. They [calculated] every year, 2003, 2004, 2005 and they said, 'If you continue on the path you are, spending at the rate you are,' and they would clip off the land. And by the time we got to 2010 or something, I had no more land left." But, with her help from Onsite, Judd has cut up her credit cards and now shops mostly with cash.To find out more about Wynonna and her Classic Christmas Tour visit www.wynonna.com