Christmas (Sparrow Records album)

Christmas is a 1988 compilation Christmas album released by Sparrow Records. It features CCM artists' interpretation of the best-known Christmas songs done in their genres like rock ("Jingle Bell Rock" by Geoff Moore), pop ("O Holy Night" by Steve Camp), R&B ("Silent Night" by BeBe & CeCe Winans) and even mariachi ("Winter Wonderland" by Steve Taylor). Christmas also contains an original composition called "Home for the Holidays" sung by participating artists on this album. American R&B singer Deniece Williams was nominated for a Grammy for Best Gospel Performance, Female for her rendition of "Do You Hear What I Hear" at the 31st Grammy Awards. The album peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Top Inspirational Albums chart.

Personnel
Lead vocalists
 * BeBe Winans (1, 2, 12)
 * CeCe Winans (1, 2)
 * Steven Curtis Chapman (2, 11, 12)
 * Margaret Becker (2, 7, 12)
 * Steve Camp (2, 8)
 * Rick Florian (2, 3, 12)
 * Gordon Kennedy (2, 12)
 * Geoff Moore (2, 10, 12)
 * Michael Card (4)
 * Deniece Williams (5)
 * Steve Taylor (6)
 * Tim Miner (9)

Musicians
 * Phil Naish – keyboards (1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 12), acoustic piano (4)
 * Mark Gershmel – keyboards (3)
 * Carl Marsh – Fairlight CMI (4)
 * Eric Persing – keyboards (5), programming (5)
 * Roby Duke – additional keyboards (5)
 * Rudy Van Eyken – accordion (6)
 * Steve Camp – acoustic piano (8)
 * Tim Miner – keyboards (9), drum programming (9), backing vocals (9)
 * Geof Barkley – organ (10)
 * Tom Hemby – guitars (1, 2, 7, 11, 12), acoustic guitar (8)
 * Jerry McPherson – guitars (1, 7, 8)
 * Dann Huff – guitars (2, 7, 12)
 * Gordon Kennedy – guitars (3, 12)
 * Teddy Irwin – guitars (4)
 * Marty Walsh – guitars (5)
 * George Llanes – guitars (6)
 * José Hernández – vihuela (6), trumpet (6)
 * Michael Gallagher – guitars (9)
 * Dale Oliver – guitars (10)
 * Steven Curtis Chapman – guitars (11), guitar solo (11), backing vocals (11)
 * David Hungate – bass (1, 7, 8, 12)
 * Mike Brignardello – bass (2, 11)
 * Tommy Sims – bass (3, 9, 10), keyboards (9), drum programming (9), backing vocals (9)
 * Craig Nelson – bass (4)
 * Jose Arellano – guitarrón (6), Spanish vocals (6)
 * Paul Leim – drums (1, 7, 8, 12), percussion (1, 7), timpani (7)
 * Chris McHugh – drums (2, 3, 10, 11)
 * Alex MacDougall – additional percussion (5)
 * Lynn Nichols – percussion (6)
 * Terry McMillan – percussion (10, 11)
 * John Catchings – cello (4)
 * Cindy Reynolds Wyatt – harp (4)
 * Steve Pearlman – violin (6)
 * Harry Scorzo – violin (6)
 * Steve Tavaglione – saxophone (5)
 * Ramone Acevedo – trumpet (6)
 * Rick Florian – backing vocals (2, 3, 7, 10)
 * David Mullen – backing vocals (2, 7, 10)
 * Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals (2, 3, 7, 10, 11)
 * Billy Smiley – backing vocals (3)
 * Lynn Davis – backing vocals (5)
 * Phil Perry – backing vocals (5)
 * Cindy Cruse – backing vocals (9)
 * Rob Johnson – backing vocals (9)
 * Don Wallace – backing vocals (9)
 * Herb Chapman – backing vocals (11)

Production

 * Billy Smiley – producer (1-3, 7, 8, 10-12)
 * Norbert Putnam – producer (4)
 * Roby Duke – producer (5)
 * Brad Westering – producer (5)
 * Steve Taylor – producer (6)
 * Tim Miner – producer (9)
 * Tommy Sims – producer (9)
 * Barbara Catanzaro-Hearn – art direction
 * Rossi Advertising – design
 * Mark Tucker – photography

Technical
 * David Schober – basic track recording (1-3, 7, 8, 10-12), mixing (1-3, 6-8, 10-12), overdub engineer (2, 8, 12), vocal engineer (2, 8, 12), recording (6)
 * Billy Smiley – mixing (1-3, 7, 8, 10-12)
 * Norbert Putnam – recording (4), mixing (4)
 * Chris Taylor – recording (5), mixing (5)
 * Loyd Harris – recording (9)
 * Tim Miner – recording (9), mixing (9)
 * Tommy Sims – recording (9), mixing (9)
 * Win Kutz – mixing (9)
 * Brent King – additional engineer (1, 7, 11)
 * Ronnie Brookshire – additional engineer (2)
 * Carry Summers – additional engineer (2, 10, 11)