Christmas is the eleventh overall, sixth North American, and third holiday album released by the a cappella

A cappella

A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...

 group Rockapella

Rockapella

Rockapella is an American a cappella musical group formed in 1986 in New York City. Their name is derived from the words "rock" and "a cappella". They sing original vocal music and a cappella covers of pop and rock songs; over time, their sound has evolved from high-energy pop and world music...

. It was re-released on Shakariki Records in 2004. The album wasn't released in Japan until 2001 on Rentrak Records and has a different tracklist and different artwork.

Track listings

The US and Japanese editions differ on multiple songs regarding who is given credit. To illustrate this, the writing credits are shown below as they appear on each respective album.

US Edition

Japan Edition

Personnel

• Scott Leonard – high tenor
• Kevin Wright – tenor
• Elliott Kerman – baritone
• Barry Carl
  Barry Carl
  Barry Strauss Carl is an American musician and voice-over actor best known as the bassist of the a cappella band Rockapella while the group was house band on the PBS children's geography game show Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? . He was a member of Rockapella from 1988 until he left the...
  
   – bass
• Jeff Thacher
  Jeff Thacher
  Jeffrey Thomas Thacher is an American musician, best known as a member of the vocal group Rockapella. A professional vocal percussionist and singer who emerged on the early contemporary a cappella scene in 1991, Jeff Thacher co-founded the Boston-based a cappella group...
  
  – vocal percussion

Special Appearances

• Natalie Leonard - "The Hope We Hold"