Track listing

1. "Joy to the World
   Joy to the World
   "Joy to the World" is a Christian Christmas carol.The words are by English hymn writer Isaac Watts, based on Psalm 98 in the Bible. The song was first published in 1719 in Watts' collection; The Psalms of David: Imitated in the language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian state and...
   
   " (Mason
   Lowell Mason
   Lowell Mason was a leading figure in American church music, the composer of over 1600 hymn tunes, many of which are often sung today. His most well-known tunes include Mary Had A Little Lamb and the arrangement of Joy to the World...
   
   , Watts
   Isaac Watts
   Isaac Watts was an English hymnwriter, theologian and logician. A prolific and popular hymnwriter, he was recognised as the "Father of English Hymnody", credited with some 750 hymns...
   
   ) – 3:05
2. "O Holy Night
   O Holy Night
   "O Holy Night" is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem "Minuit, chrétiens" by Placide Cappeau , a wine merchant and poet, who had been asked by a parish priest to write a Christmas poem...
   
   " (Adam
   Adolphe Adam
   Adolphe Charles Adam was a French composer and music critic. A prolific composer of operas and ballets, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle and Le corsaire , his operas Le postillon de Lonjumeau , Le toréador and Si j'étais roi , and his Christmas...
   
   , Dwight
   John Sullivan Dwight
   John Sullivan Dwight was a Unitarian minister, transcendentalist and America's first influential classical music critic.-Biography:...
   
   ) – 3:44
3. "Silent Night" (Gruber, Mohr
   Josef Mohr
   Joseph Mohr, sometimes spelt Josef was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and composer, who wrote the words to the Christmas carol "Silent Night".-Biography:...
   
   ) – 3:07
4. "Winter Wonderland
   Winter Wonderland
   "Winter Wonderland" is a winter song, popularly treated as a Christmastime pop standard, written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith . Through the decades it has been recorded by over 150 different artists.-History:...
   
   " (Bernard
   Felix Bernard
   Felix Bernard was an American conductor, pianist and a composer of popular music. His writing credits include the popular songs Winter Wonderland and Dardanella.-Biography:...
   
   , Smith) – 3:39
5. "O Little Town of Bethlehem
   O Little Town of Bethlehem
   "O Little Town of Bethlehem" is a popular Christmas carol. The text was written by Phillips Brooks , an Episcopal priest, Rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia. He was inspired by visiting the Palestinian city of Bethlehem in 1865. Three years later, he wrote the poem for his...
   
   " (Brooks
   Phillips Brooks
   Phillips Brooks was an American clergyman and author, who briefly served as Bishop of Massachusetts in the Episcopal Church during the early 1890s. In the Episcopal liturgical calendar he is remembered on January 23...
   
   , Redner
   Lewis Redner
   Lewis Henry Redner was an American musician, best known as the composer of the popular Christmas carol "St...
   
   ) – 3:11
6. "Ave Maria
   Ave Maria (Gounod)
   The Bach/Gounod Ave Maria is a popular and much-recorded setting of the Latin text Ave Maria.Written by French Romantic composer Charles Gounod in 1859, his Ave Maria consists of a melody superimposed over the Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 846, from Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier, written by...
   
   " (Bach
   Bạch
   Bạch is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Bai in Chinese and Baek, in Korean.Bach is the anglicized variation of the surname Bạch.-Notable people with the surname Bạch:* Bạch Liêu...
   
   , Gounod) – 3:44
7. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
   Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
   “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” is a Christmas carol that first appeared in 1739 in the collection Hymns and Sacred Poems, having been written by Charles Wesley. This is not the version widely known today. A sombre man, Wesley had requested and received slow and solemn music for his lyrics, not the...
   
   " (Mendelssohn
   Felix Mendelssohn
   Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text...
   
   , Wesley
   Charles Wesley
   Charles Wesley was an English leader of the Methodist movement, son of Anglican clergyman and poet Samuel Wesley, the younger brother of Anglican clergyman John Wesley and Anglican clergyman Samuel Wesley , and father of musician Samuel Wesley, and grandfather of musician Samuel Sebastian Wesley...
   
   ) – 3:21
8. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
   Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
   Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer is a fictional reindeer with a glowing red nose. He is popularly known as "Santa's 9th Reindeer" and, when depicted, is the lead reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve. The luminosity of his nose is so great that it illuminates the team's path through...
   
   " (Marks
   Johnny Marks
   Johnny Marks was an American songwriter. Although he was Jewish, he specialized in Christmas songs and wrote many standards, including "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" , "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" , "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" , and "A Holly...
   
   ) – 1:53
9. "Face of Love" (Kilcher) – 3:27
10. "Medley: Go Tell It on the Mountain/Life Uncommon/From a Distance" (Gold, Kilcher) – 6:31
11. "I Wonder as I Wander
    I Wonder As I Wander
    "I Wonder as I Wander" is a Christmas carol written by John Jacob Niles. The carol has its origins in a song fragment collected on July 16, 1933 by folklorist and singer John Jacob Niles....
    
    " (Niles
    John Jacob Niles
    John Jacob Niles was an American composer, singer, and collector of traditional ballads. Called the "Dean of American Balladeers", Niles was an important influence on the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, with Joan Baez, Burl Ives, and Peter, Paul and Mary, among others,...
    
    ) – 1:58
12. "Gloria" (Kilcher) – 2:38
13. "Hands
    Hands (Jewel Song)
    "Hands" is the first single released from Jewel's second album, Spirit .A commercial single was never issued in the United States, and the singles that were issued internationally received the album version. The radio edit can be found only on promos for the single...
    
    " [Christmas version] (Kilcher, Leonard
    Patrick Leonard
    Patrick Raymond Leonard is an American songwriter, keyboardist and music producer, known for his longtime collaboration with Madonna on many different recordings....
    
    ) – 4:13
14. "Life Uncommon (Live)" [Japanese Bonus Track]

Personnel

• Jewel - vocals, harmony vocals
• Tawatha Agee - choir, chorus
• Andre Baranowski
• Terrance L. Barber Jr. - tenor and countertenor, chorus
• Jerry Barnes - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , choir, chorus
• Katreese Barnes - choir, chorus
• Marion Beckenstein - choir, chorus
• Peter Bliss - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Danny Blume
  Danny Blume
  Danny Blume is an American music producer, musician, and composer. He is a Grammy Award winner, multiple Grammy nominee, and co-founder/owner of the production team GoodandEvil with Christian Castagno, with studios operating in Brooklyn and Woodstock New York...
  
   - guitar
• Ann Ory Brown - choir, chorus
• Sophie Buskin - children's chorus
• A. Campbell - pedal steel guitar
• Sterling Campbell - drums
• Nedra Carroll - vocals, harmony vocals
• Vivian Cherry - choir, chorus
• Dennis Cinelli - lute
  Lute
  Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....
  
  
• Angela Clemmons-Patrick - choir, chorus
• Dennis Collins - choir, chorus
• Patrick Duffey - children's chorus
• Emily K. Eyre - choir, chorus
• Keith Fluitt - choir, chorus
• Gloria Gabriel - coordination
• Katie Geissinger - choir, chorus
• Diva Gray - choir, chorus
• Wayne Hankin - choir, chorus
• Netousha Harris - children's chorus
• Alexis Kaleoff - children's chorus
• Robbie Kondor
  Robbie Kondor
  Robbie Kondor is an American composer, session musician, and arranger. He has worked as a composer on The Significant Other, Ball In The House, Sally Jessy Ralphael, Happiness , The Suburbans , Forever Fabulous ,Drawing Angel , Series 7: The Contenders , Home Delivery and Equality U...
  
   - piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  , keyboard
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  
• Mary Lee Kortes - background vocals, choir, chorus
• Robbi Kumalo - choir, chorus
• Cassidy Ladden - children's chorus
• John Mahoney - keyboard
• Arif Mardin
  Arif Mardin
  Arif Mardin was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco, and country...
  
   - conductor, keyboard
• Joe Mardin - conductor, keyboard, choir, chorus
• Audrey Martells - choir, chorus
• Willie Martinez - percussion
  Percussion instrument
  A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
  
  
• Chieli Minucci - guitar
• Lee Musiker - keyboard
• Michael O'Reilly - guitar
• Gene Orloff - concert master
• Wayne Pedzwater - bass
• Shawn Pelton - drums
• Janice Pendarvis - choir, chorus
• Leon Pendarvis - piano
• Sophia Ramos - background vocals, choir, chorus
• Eden Riegel - children's chorus
• Winston Roye - bass
• Dakota Sanchez - children's chorus
• Marlon Saunders - choir, chorus
• Ira Siegel - guitar
• Steve Skinner - keyboard
• Allison M. Sniffin - choir, chorus
• Elizabeth Stockton
• Vaneese Thomas - choir, chorus
• Fonzi Thornton - choir, chorus
• Darryl Tookes - choir, chorus
• Christopher Trousdale - children's chorus
• Lori Ann Veles - choir, chorus
• Audrey Wheeler - choir, chorus
• James Williams - choir, chorus
• Ken Williams - choir, chorus
• Valerie Wilson - background vocals, choir, chorus
• Lisbeth Zelle - children's chorus
• Harry Zittel - children's chorus

Production

• Producers: Arif Mardin
  Arif Mardin
  Arif Mardin was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco, and country...
  
  , Joe Mardin
• Engineer: Michael O'Reilly
• Assistant engineers: Max Feldman, Jason Stasium
• Mixing: Michael O'Reilly
• Mastering: George Marino
• Synthesizer programming: Robbie Kondor, Steve Skinner
• Programming: Robbie Kondor, Joe Mardin
• programming: Steve Skinner
• Choir arrangement: Katreese Barnes, Arif Mardin
  Arif Mardin
  Arif Mardin was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco, and country...
  
  , Joe Mardin
• String arrangements: Arif Mardin
  Arif Mardin
  Arif Mardin was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco, and country...
  
  
• Vocal arrangement: Katreese Barnes, Nedra Carroll, Jewel, Arif Mardin, Joe Mardin
• Arrangers: Robbie Kondor, Arif Mardin
  Arif Mardin
  Arif Mardin was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco, and country...
  
  , Joe Mardin, Lee Musiker, Steve Skinner
• Orchestration: Robbie Kondor, Arif Mardin
  Arif Mardin
  Arif Mardin was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco, and country...
  
  , Joe Mardin, Steve Skinner
• Production coordination: Gloria Gabriel
• Art direction: Benjamin Niles
• Artwork: Benjamin Niles
• Illustrations: Rob Eberhardt
• Photography: Jennifer Baumann, West Kennerly

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