The Christmas EP is a holiday album by musician Richard Marx. It was released on November 1st, 2011. Marx plans on recording an additional seven songs to add to the five songs to make a full length album for release in 2012. It is his 23rd overall album with the lead-off single "Christmas Spirit" being his 32nd single.

Track listing

1. Christmas Spirit (Marx/Waybill
   Fee Waybill
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2. O Holy Night
   O Holy Night
   "O Holy Night" is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem "Minuit, chrétiens" by Placide Cappeau , a wine merchant and poet, who had been asked by a parish priest to write a Christmas poem...
   
    (Adam
   Adolphe Adam
   Adolphe Charles Adam was a French composer and music critic. A prolific composer of operas and ballets, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle and Le corsaire , his operas Le postillon de Lonjumeau , Le toréador and Si j'étais roi , and his Christmas...
   
   /Cappeau
   Placide Cappeau
   Placide Cappeau was a French poet and the author of the well-known poem, "Minuit, chrétiens" , which was set to music by Adolphe Adam. He was born on 25 October 1808 at 8 p.m. in Roquemaure...
   
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3. 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...
   
    (duet with Sara Watkins
   Sara Watkins
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   )(Gruber/Mohr)
4. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
   I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
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    (Longfellow
   Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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   /Marks
   Johnny Marks
   Johnny Marks was an American songwriter. Although he was Jewish, he specialized in Christmas songs and wrote many standards, including "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" , "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" , "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" , and "A Holly...
   
   )
5. Alleluia (Gatlin
   Larry Gatlin
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   )

Personnel

• Steve Brewster - Drums
• Cliff Colnot - Arranger, Strings
• Mark Hill - Bass Guitar
• Richard Marx
  Richard Marx
  Richard Noel Marx is an American adult contemporary and pop/rock singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He had a string of hit singles in the late 1980s and 1990s, including "Endless Summer Nights", "Right Here Waiting", "Now and Forever", and "Hazard"...
  
   - Producer, Writer, Arranger, Writer, Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
• Jerry McPherson - Electric Guitar
• Michael Omartian - Piano
• Sara Watkins
  Sara Watkins
  Sara Ullrika Watkins is an American singer-songwriter and fiddler. Watkins debuted in 1989 as the fiddler of the progressive bluegrass group Nickel Creek, which consisted of herself, her elder brother Sean, and mandolinist Chris Thile. As a band, they are notable for three wide-released albums:...
  
   - Lead Vocals
• Fee Waybill
  Fee Waybill
  John Waldo Waybill , known as Fee Waybill, is the lead singer and songwriter of the band the Tubes...
  
  - Writer