Navidad is a holiday

Christmas music

Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season, which tends to begin in the months leading up the actual holiday and end in the weeks shortly thereafter.-Early:...

 EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 from Mexican

Mexico

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 Christian rock

Christian rock

Christian rock is a form of rock music played by individuals and bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands...

 band Rojo

Rojo (band)

Rojo is a Christian rock band from Mexico. The band was formed in 2000 by bassist Emmanuel Espinosa, with their eponymous debut album released in 2001.-Band history:...

. The album was produced by bassist Emmanuel Espinosa

Emmanuel Espinosa

Emmanuel Espinosa is a Christian musician, singer, producer, and songwriter from Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. He is the founder and bassist of Christian rock band Rojo, along with his wife Linda .-Biography:...

. It was released on November 17, 2006. The album features 8 Christmas

Christmas

Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...

 songs and hymns.

Album production

Band leader Emmanuel Espinosa and Rojo decided to release a Christmas album to carry a message that "we shouldn't praise Jesus on Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve refers to the evening or entire day preceding Christmas Day, a widely celebrated festival commemorating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth that takes place on December 25...

, but all year long with the same passion". The album includes several traditional Christmas songs like "Venid Fieles Todos" and "Noche de Paz

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...

". It also includes the song "Es Navidad", written by Espinosa, Juan Salinas, and Sergio Villanueva, and recorded by Marcos Witt

Marcos Witt

Marcos Witt , is an American, four-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Christian singer and pastor.-Biography:Marcos Witt is the second born of three children to Jerry and Nola Witt, a young American missionary couple. The Witt family moved to Durango, México, in 1964 and they started a missionary...

 for the 1996 album of the same name.

Arrangements were in charge of Espinosa, Oswaldo Burruel, and Holger Fath. The album also features collaborations from Andy Salazar and Brent Milligan

Brent Milligan

Brent Milligan is an Grammy Award-nominated, American record producer and session bass guitar player currently residing in Nashville, TN. He was born in Baton Rouge, LA, and moved to Nashville after graduating from Louisiana State University in 1992...

 with a cello

Cello

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 solo during the song "Ven a mi Corazón, Oh Cristo". The song "Santa La Noche" also features a 70-voices choir

Choir

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. Mastering was led by Abe Martínez and Orlando Rodríguez.

Track listing

1. "Es Navidad" - 4:23
2. "Santa La Noche" - 3:34
3. "Venid y Adoremos/Venid Pastorcillos" (Medley) - 5:38
4. "Ven a Mi Corazón, Oh Cristo" - 4:51
5. "Es Navidad" (Sound track) - 4:23
6. "Santa La Noche" (Sound track) - 3:33
7. "Venid y Adoremos/Venid Pastorcillos" (Sound track) - 5:37
8. "Ven a Mi Corazón, Oh Cristo" (Sound track) - 4:58