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1. "In the Bleak Midwinter
   In the Bleak Midwinter
   "In the Bleak Midwinter" is a Christmas carol based on a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti written before 1872 in response to a request from the magazine Scribner's Monthly for a Christmas poem....
   
   " (Traditional) – 4:04
2. "Christmas Time Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi
   Vince Guaraldi
   Vincent Anthony "Vince" Guaraldi was an Italian American jazz musician and pianist noted for his innovative compositions and arrangements and for composing music for animated adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip...
   
   , Felix Mendelson) – 2:37
3. "Now the Day Is Over" (Traditional) – 1:47
4. "Rocking" (Traditional) – 2:33
5. "Windy Nights" (Stevenson, Wilder) – 3:10
6. "All Through the Night
   Ar Hyd y Nos
   Ar Hyd y Nos is a Welsh folksong sung to a tune that was first recorded in Edward Jones' Musical and Poetical Relics of the Welsh Bards . The Welsh lyrics were written by John Ceiriog Hughes, and has been translated into several languages, including English and Breton.The melody was used by John...
   
   " (Traditional) – 2:03
7. "Love Came Down at Christmas
   Love Came Down at Christmas
   "Love Came Down at Christmas" is a Christmas poem by Christina Rossetti. It was first published without a title in Time Flies: A Reading Diary in 1885...
   
   " (Traditional) – 3:04
8. "Silent Night
   Silent Night
   "Silent Night" is a popular Christmas carol. The original lyrics of the song "Stille Nacht" were written in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria, by the priest Father Joseph Mohr and the melody was composed by the Austrian headmaster Franz Xaver Gruber...
   
   " (Josef 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:...
   
   , Franz Gruber) – 3:22
9. "All the Pretty Li'l Horses
   All the Pretty Horses (lullaby)
   "All the Pretty Little Horses" is a traditional African American lullaby from the southern United States.-Meaning:...
   
   " (Traditional) – 1:43
10. "Little Road to Bethlehem" (Mick Head, Margaret Rose) – 2:52
11. "Seal Lullaby" (Rudyard Kipling
    Rudyard Kipling
    Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature...
    
    , Alec Wilder
    Alec Wilder
    Alec Wilder was an American composer.-Biography:...
    
    ) – 2:29
12. "Evening Is a Little Boy/The Night Will Never Stay" (Eleanor Farjeon
    Eleanor Farjeon
    Eleanor Farjeon was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire. Many of her works had charming illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Some of her correspondence has also been published...
    
    , Frances Frost, Alec Wilder) – 3:09
13. "The Christ Child's Lullaby" (Traditional) – 2:19
14. "Close Your Eyes" (Johannes Brahms
    Johannes Brahms
    Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
    
    , William Engvick
    William Engvick
    William Engvick is an American lyricist, many of whose compositions appear in films.Engvick graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1937. He is best known for his collaborations with composer Alec Wilder; they produced songs for the Broadway musical Once Over Lightly , and for...
    
    ) – 1:39

Personnel

• Shawn Colvin – vocals, guitar
• Larry Campbell
  Larry Campbell (musician)
  Larry Campbell is a multi-instrumentalist who plays many stringed instruments in genres including country, folk, blues, and rock...
  
   – mandolin, pedal steel guitar, fiddle
• Andy Hess – bass
• Ben Street – bass
• Mark Egan – bass
• Steuart Smith
  Steuart Smith
  Steuart Smith is a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, writer and producer currently working with American rock band the Eagles. Smith is from Arlington, VA.]].-Current work:...
  
   – guitar
• Shawn Pelton – drums
• Dan Petty – guitar, lap steel guitar
• Doug Petty – organ, piano
• Paul Frazier – background vocals
• Marlon Saunders – background vocals
• Jill Seifers – background vocals
• Clark Gayton – euphonium
• John Clark – French horn
• David Taylor – bass trombone
• Jim Pugh
  James E. Pugh
  James Edward Pugh is a trombonist, composer, and educator. He is noted as the lead trombonist with Woody Herman's Thundering Herd and Chick Corea's Return to Forever Band . For 25 years, he worked as a freelance trombonist in New York City...
  
   – trombone
• Kenny Rampton – flugelhorn
• John Owens – flugelhorn
• Alan J. Stepansky – cello
• Sandra Park – violin
• Sharon Yamada – violin
• Rebecca Young – viola
• Rev. Dan Willis – oboe

• Doug Petty – producer, arranger, string and brass arrangements
• Maurice Sendak
  Maurice Sendak
  Maurice Bernard Sendak is an American writer and illustrator of children's literature. He is best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, published in 1963.-Early life:...
  
   – artwork
• Alec Wilder
  Alec Wilder
  Alec Wilder was an American composer.-Biography:...
  
   – arranger
• Aaron Keane – engineer
• Steve Addabbo – engineer
• Ray Martin – engineer
• Fred Remmert – engineer
• Noah Simon – assistant engineer
• George Morgan – assistant engineer
• Matt Kane – assistant engineer
• Joe Ferla – mixing
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Neil Kellerhouse – design
• Mary Maurer – art direction, design
• Deborah Feingold – photography

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