'"Merry Christmas from the Family" is a holiday song written by alternative country artist Robert Earl Keen.

The original song, the book, and the sequel all center around the same cast of characters in Keen's humorous vision of a Texas style Christmas.

No one is sure how to react to a younger sister bringing her Mexican boyfriend to the party, but as soon as he sings "Feliz Navidad" he is welcomed into the fold.

Fred and Rita—whose relationship to the narrator appears to have been forgotten—arrive from Harlingen in a motor home, which when plugged in, overloads the electrical system and knocks out the family's Christmas lights.

The family then waits on the front lawn and joins together in singing "Silent Night" when cousin David flips the breaker that brings the lights back on.

–Robert Earl Keen[1]Cover versions of the song have been performed by artist such as Jill Sobule, Rosie O'Donnell with the Dixie Chicks, and Montgomery Gentry.