Christmas Wishes (Anne Murray album)

Christmas Wishes is a seasonal studio album by Canadian country music artist Anne Murray. It was Anne's first Holiday recording, released by Capitol Records in 1981.

The disc peaked at #34 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. It stands as one of Anne's biggest-selling career albums, earning double platinum certification from the RIAA. At the time of its deletion, it had sold nearly 3 million US copies.

Personnel

 * Anne Murray – lead vocals, additional backing vocals (3), backing vocals (10)
 * Brian Gatto – electric piano
 * Doug Riley – acoustic piano (1-6, 8, 9)
 * Jack Lenz – acoustic piano (7, 10)
 * Bob Mann – acoustic guitars
 * Bob Lucier – steel guitar
 * Tom Szczesniak – bass
 * Barry Keane – drums
 * Rick Wilkins – arrangements and conductor (1-5)
 * Peter Cardinali – arrangements and conductor (6-10)
 * Bill Richards – concertmaster
 * Tommy Ambrose – backing vocals (1-9)
 * Bob Farrar – backing vocals (1-9)
 * Debbie Fleming – backing vocals (1-9)
 * Bob Hamper – backing vocals (1-9)
 * Laurie Hood – backing vocals (1-9)
 * Vern Kennedy – backing vocals (1-9)
 * Judy Marchak – backing vocals (1-9)
 * Colina Phillips – backing vocals (1-9)
 * Janie Ray – backing vocals (1-9)
 * Debbie Greimann – additional backing vocals (3), backing vocals (10)
 * Bruce Murray – backing vocals (10)

Production

 * Jim Ed Norman – producer
 * Ken Friesen – engineer
 * Tom Henderson – recording assistant
 * Ken Perry – mastering at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, California, USA).
 * Paul Cade – art direction
 * Roy Kohara – art direction
 * Phil Shima – design
 * Tim Saunders – photography
 * Morris Zaslavsky – calligraphy