Christmas (Rebecca St. James album)

Christmas is the fourth studio album and first Christmas album from Christian pop rock singer Rebecca St. James. It was released on 7 October 1997 through ForeFront Records. The album was produced by Tedd T.

Personnel

 * Rebecca St. James – lead and backing vocals
 * Tedd T – arrangements, programming, keyboards, loops, guitar, electric guitar
 * Byron Hagen – Hammond organ, string arrangements
 * David Cleveland – acoustic guitar
 * Vince Emmett – mandolin
 * Charles Garrett – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 * Carlos Pennell – guitar
 * Micah Wilshire – acoustic guitar
 * Chuck Zwicky – guitar
 * Brent Milligan – guitar, bass
 * Otto Price – bass
 * Dan Needham – drums
 * Andrew Payne – drums, djembe
 * Carl Marsh – string arrangements
 * John Catchings – cello
 * Antoine Silverman – violin

Production
 * Tedd T – producer, engineer
 * Dan Brock – executive producer
 * Eddie DeGarmo – executive producer
 * Jullian Kindred – engineer, mixing
 * Michael Quinlan – engineer
 * Marcelo Pennell – mixing
 * Chuck Zwicky – mixing
 * Ken Love – mastering at Master Mix (Nashville, TN).
 * Tom Davis – art direction, design
 * Frank W. Ockenfels III – photography

Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - CCM Magazine (North America)

Singles
Although no official radio singles released off Christmas, a music video was made for "O Come All Ye Faithful".

Note
The signature "war is over" chant in "Happy Christmas" (she spells out the whole word) and also the eponymous part of the song's title itself are intentionally omitted by the artist. In 2003, she read letters from United States soldiers to be aired on Fox News Channel during the Christmas season; furthermore, she and her record label, EMI Group plc, have released a music video of her song "I Thank You" (from Wait for Me) that saluted all troops (especially US, UK, Australia) in the successful conquest against Saddam Hussein in Iraq.