Track listing

1. "Deck the Halls" (Traditional) - 3:50
2. "Santa's Got a Brand New Bag" (Kristyn Osborn, Jason Deere) - 3:08
3. "That's What I Want for Christmas" (Earl E. Lawrence) - 3:18
4. "Jingle Bells
   Jingle Bells
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   " (J.S. Pierpoint) - 3:57
5. "Really, Really Merry Scary Intro" - 0:21
6. "Tinseltown" (Tim Nichols
   Tim Nichols
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   , Connie Harrington, Osborn) - 3:54
7. "Sleigh Ride
   Sleigh Ride
   "Sleigh Ride" is a popular light orchestral piece composed by Leroy Anderson. The composer had the original idea for the piece during a heat wave in July 1946; he finished the work in February 1948. Lyrics, about a person who would like to ride in a sleigh on a winter's day with another person,...
   
   " (Leroy Anderson
   Leroy Anderson
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   , Mitchell Parish) - 3:15
8. "What Child Is This?
   What Child Is This?
   "What Child Is This?" is a popular Christmas carol written in 1865. At the age of twenty-nine, English writer William Chatterton Dix was struck with a sudden near-fatal illness and confined to bedrest for several months, during which he went into a deep depression...
   
   " (Traditional) - 4:20
9. "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...
   
   /Carol of the Bells
   Carol of the Bells
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   " (Felix Mendelssohn
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   , Charles Wesley
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   , ft. tobymac
   TobyMac
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    Traditional) - 4:07
10. "The Secret of Christmas" (Sammy Chan, James VanHuessen) - 4:08
11. "Christmas Children" (Leslie Bricusse) - 3:50
12. "Twist of the Magi" (Marcus Hummon
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    , Osborn) - 4:27
    • feat. Rascal Flatts
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13. "Brand New Year (My Revolution)" (Richard Marx
    Richard Marx
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    , Osborn) - 9:27
14. "How Can I Keep from Singing" - 2:36
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Personnel

• Tim Akers – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Jeff Balding – Engineer, Mixing
• Steve Brewster – drums
• John Catchings – cello
  Cello
  The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
  
  
• Eric Darken – percussion
• David Davidson – violin
  Violin
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• Mark Douthit – saxophone
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
  
• Connie Ellisor – violin
• Carl Gorodetzky – violin, contractor
• Jim Grosjean – viola
• Jed Hackett – assistant engineer, mixing
• Robert Hadley – mastering
• Mark Hagen – assistant engineer, mixing, mixing assistant
• Aubrey Haynie
  Aubrey Haynie
  Aubrey Haynie is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle and mandolin. In his career, he has recorded three studio albums for the Sugar Hill Records label, all three of which contained mostly songs that he wrote himself...
  
   – fiddle
  Fiddle
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• Dann Huff
  Dann Huff
  Dann Huff is an American musician, session musician, singer-songwriter and producer. For his work as a producer in the Country music genre he has won several awards including the Musician of the Year award in 2001 and 2004 at the Country Music Association Awards and the Producer of the Year award...
  
   – acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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  , electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , arranger, conductor, producer, engineer, string arrangements, mixing
• Jack Jezioro – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Gordon Kennedy
  Gordon Kennedy (musician)
  Gordon Kennedy is a multi Grammy Award-winning songwriter and producer, world-class guitarist and visionary at the forefront of Nashville’s music community....
  
   – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Anthony LaMarchina – cello
• Lee Larrison – violin
• James Lowry – acoustic guitar
• Jerry McPherson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bouzouki
  Bouzouki
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• Doug Sax – mastering
• SHeDAISY – arranger
• Pamela Sixfin – violin
• Phil Symonds – arranger
• Bobby G. Taylor – oboe
  Oboe
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• George Tidwell – trumpet
  Trumpet
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• Alan Umstead – violin
• Catherine Umstead – violin
• Gary VanOsdale – viola
• Mary Kathryn Vanosdale – violin
• Kristin Wilkinson – viola
• Glenn Worf
  Glenn Worf
  Glenn Worf is one of the premier Nashville session bassists. He was born in Dayton, Ohio but grew up in Madison, Wisconsin and has concentrated on the bass guitar since he was thirteen. He majored in music at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. Inevitably his talents forced him to abandon the...
  
   – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, mandolin
  Mandolin
  A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
  
  

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