Christmas: The Gift
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ReleasedOctober 29, 1996
Studio
- Emerald Sound Studios, Masterfonics, The Music Mill, The Tracking Room and The Money Pit (Nashville, Tennessee)
Length47:12
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| Released | October 29, 1996 | |||
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| Length | 47:12 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | John Hobbs | |||
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Christmas: The Gift is an album released in 1996 by country music artist Collin Raye. It was Raye's first Christmas album. It is composed largely of cover songs, except for "It Could Happen Again", which was newly written and recorded for this album.
- "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 4:18
- "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram) – 4:24
- "It Could Happen Again" (Tamara Hyler, Will Robinson, Bruce Burch) – 4:10
- spoken intro by Johnny Cash[2]
- "The First Noel" (William Sandys, Traditional) – 4:29
- "Away in a Manger" (Traditional) – 2:58
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 4:29
- "Winter Wonderland" (Dick Smith, Felix Bernard) – 3:20
- guest vocals by The Beach Boys
- "Angels We Have Heard on High" (Traditional) – 2:51
- "The Little Drummer Boy" (Harry Simeone, Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati) – 3:19
- "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr) – 3:21
- "The First Noel (Instrumental)" (William Sandys, traditional) – 4:30
- "O Holy Night" (Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight) – 5:03
