Christmas: The Gift

Track listing

1. "The Christmas Song" – 4:18
2. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" – 4:24
3. "It Could Happen Again" – 4:10
4. : spoken intro by Johnny Cash
5. "The First Noel" – 4:29
6. "Away in a Manger" – 2:58
7. "White Christmas" – 4:29
8. "Winter Wonderland" – 3:20
9. : guest vocals by The Beach Boys
10. "Angels We Have Heard on High" – 2:51
11. "The Little Drummer Boy" – 3:19
12. "Silent Night" – 3:21
13. "The First Noel " – 4:30
14. "O Holy Night" – 5:03

Personnel

• Collin Raye – vocals
• Pat Coil – keyboards
• John Hobbs – keyboards
• Dann Huff – acoustic guitar, electric guitars
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• Joe Chemay – bass, backing vocals
• Paul Leim – drums
• Jim Hoke – harmonica
• Jana King – backing vocals
• Anthony Martin – backing vocals
• Cindy Richardson-Walker – backing vocals
• John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals
• Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
• Johnny Cash – spoken voice
• Britanny Wray – vocals
• Al Jardine – backing vocals
• Bruce Johnston – backing vocals
• Mike Love – backing vocals
• Brian Wilson – backing vocals
• Carl Wilson – backing vocals

• Ronn Huff – orchestration, arrangements
• Larry Cansler – orchestration, arrangements
• Carl Marsh – contractor

• Cynthia Estill – bassoon
• Cassandra Lee and Lee Levine – clarinet
• Sam Levine and Ann Richards – flute
• Ellen Menking and Bobby G. Taylor – oboe
• Ernie Collins, Dennis Good, Barry Green and Chris McDonald – trombone
• Jeff Bailey, Mike Haynes and Patrick Kunkee – trumpet
• Gilbert Long – tuba
• Leslie Norton, Calvin Smith, Jeffrey Stahl, Jill Wilson and Joy Worland – French horn

• Jack Jezioro, Craig Nelson, Liz Stewart and Glen Wanner – bass
• Phil Hansen, Anthony LaMarchina, Bob Mason, Margaret Mason, Carole Rabinowitz-Neuen, Julia Tanner and David Vanderkooi – cello
• Mary Hoepfinger – harp
• Monisa Angell, Bruce Christensen, Joann Cruthirds, Jim Grosjean, Idalynn Jacobs, Kathryn Plummer, Kristin Wilkinson and Clare Yang – viola
• David Angell, David Davidson, Carl Gorodetzky, Gerald Greer, Lee Larrison, Tamera Meinecke, Michele Meininger, Cate Myer, Randall Olson, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale, Antoine Silverman, Pamela Sixfin, Bruce Sweetman, Christian Teal, Paul Tobias, Alan Umstead, Catherine Umstead and Karen Winkelman – violin

• Sam Bacco and Farrell Morris

Production

• John Hobbs – producer
• Ed Seay – track recording, overdub recording, mixing
• Russ Martin – additional engineer
• Amy Hughes – track recording assistant
• Dean Jamison – track recording assistant, overdub recording assistant, mix assistant
• Denny Purcell – mastering at Georgetown Masters
• Lauren Koch for Big Cheese – production coordinator
• Bill Johnson – art direction
• Rollow Welch – art direction
• Frank Ockenfels 3 – photography
• Steve Cox for Scott Dean Management – management
• Collin Raye – liner notes