Christmas Collection (1996)

Disc One: Christmas Portrait

1. O Come, O Come Emmanuel

2. Overture:

Deck the Halls

I Saw Three Ships

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

Away In a Manger

What Child Is This (Greensleeves)

Carol of the Bells

O Come, All Ye Faithful

3. The Christmas Waltz

4. Sleigh Ride

5. It's Christmas Time/Sleep Well, Little Children

6. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

7. Santa Claus is Coming to Town

8. The Christmas Song

9. Silent Night

10. Jingle Bells

11. The First Snowfall/Let It Snow

12. Carol of the Bells

13. Merry Christmas Darling

14. I'll Be Home for Christmas

15. Christ is Born

16. Winter Wonderland/Silver Bells/White Christmas

17. Ave Maria

Disc Two: An Old-Fashioned Christmas

1. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

2. Overture

Happy Holiday

The First Noel

March of the Toys

Little Jesus

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

O Little Town of Bethlehem

In Dulci Jubilo

Gesu Bambino

Angels We Have Heard on High

3. An Old-Fashioned Christmas

4. O Holy Night

5. (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays

6. Medley:

Here Comes Santa Claus

Frosty the Snowman

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Good King Wenceslas

7. Little Altar Boy

8. Do You Hear What I Hear?

9. My Favorite Things

10. He Came Here for Me

11. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

12. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

13. Selections from "The Nutcracker"

14. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

Worldwide CD release

This is, quite simply, the two complete original Christmas albums in one package. Christmas Portrait is disc one, and An Old-Fashioned Christmas is disc two.

This set was released in most parts of the world in 1996, but didn't get released in the US until 1998. The only difference in the two releases is that the US version has rather extensive liner notes detailing the history of the Christmas recordings, from 1970 to 1984, and the international version of the set does not have those notes.

The entire Christmas Portrait album has been remixed in this collection. The most noticable part of this remix is that Karen's lead vocal was moved more to the front of the mix and reverb was added to it. An Old-Fashioned Christmas was left in its original 1984 mix.

Produced by Richard Carpenter, Karen Carpenter and Jack Daugherty

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