12 Soulful Nights of Christmas

12 Soulful Nights of Christmas is a compilation of Christmas songs released on December 3, 1996, through So So Def Recordings. In 1998, the album was reissued with two new songs.

Critical reception
The Orlando Weekly found the album "uneven", but highlighted Tamia's and Jagged Edge's renditions. In his review of the 1998 re-release, Marc Weingarten from Entertainment Weekly wrote that "why is the too-reverent yuletide offering 12 Soulful Nights of Christmas of slow jams from various R&B stars as stale as day-old fruitcake?" adding that "perhaps Dupri should’ve provided some nasty beats".

Track listing

 * 1) "The Time of Year" (Kenny Lattimore) – 4:47
 * 2) "Christmas Without You" (Xscape) – 4:07
 * 3) "In Love at Christmas" (K-Ci & JoJo) – 3:57
 * 4) "Little Drummer Girl" (Alicia Keys) – 4:32
 * 5) "Someday at Christmas" (Voices of Soul) – 4:42
 * 6) "Christmas Only Once a Year" (Chaka Khan) – 3:56
 * 7) "A Christmas Lullabye" (Faith Evans) – 2:10
 * 8) "Because of His Love" (Brian McKnight) – 4:05
 * 9) "The Christmas Song" (Tamia) – 5:06
 * 10) "Christmas Without My Girl" (Gerald Levert) – 4:29
 * 11) "Not Really Christmas" (Trina Broussard) – 4:54
 * 12) "My Younger Days" (Trey Lorenz) – 4:33
 * 13) "Every Day Should Be Christmas" (NeeNa Lee) – 4:08
 * 14) "This Christmas" (Jagged Edge) – 5:07