The Season for Miracles

The Season for Miracles is a 1970 studio album by American soul group The Miracles. The Christmas album has received positive reviews and has been a strong seller for Motown, being reissued on compact disc in 1992.

Critical reception
A brief review in Billboard recommended this release as being a "joyous" and "delightful holiday package". The editors of AllMusic Guide scored this album three out of five stars, but do not have a detailed review. The publication does review the 1973 various artists compilation A Motown Christmas, which includes tracks from this album and critic Jason Ankeny calls that an "outstanding sampler" of music that includes a "beautifully soulful vibe". In 2011's The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, this album received three out of five stars.

Sales
Although this release did not sell well enough to chart, a 1987 review of the best-selling Christmas albums by Ebony notes that this is one of the best-selling from Motown.

Track listing

 * 1) "Deck the Halls"/"Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella" (traditional) – 4:03
 * 2) "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (traditional) – 3:06
 * 3) "I Can Tell When Christmas Is Near" (Stevie Wonder) – 3:02
 * 4) "I Believe in Christmas Eve" (Smokey Robinson) – 2:03
 * 5) "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé and Robert Wells) – 3:27
 * 6) "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont) – 2:47
 * 7) "It's Christmas Time" (Wonder) – 3:27
 * 8) "Go Tell It on the Mountain" (John Wesley Work Jr. and traditional) – 3:45
 * 9) "Away in a Manger"/"Coventry Carol" (William James Kirkpatrick / traditional) – 2:23
 * 10) "Peace on Earth (Good Will Toward Men)" (A. Roach) – 3:03
 * 11) "The Day That Love Began" (Deborah Miller and Ron Miller) – 3:53
 * 12) "A Child Is Waiting" (Joe Hinton and Patti Jerome) – 2:42

Personnel
The Miracles
 * Warren "Pete" Moore – bass vocals
 * Claudette Rogers Robinson – vocals
 * Smokey Robinson – lead vocals
 * Bobby Rogers – tenor vocals
 * Marv Tarplin – vocals
 * Ronnie White – baritone vocals

Additional personnel
 * Jim Hendin – photography
 * Wade Marcus – arrangement on "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
 * Curtis McNair – artwork, design
 * Jimmy Roach – arrangement on "Deck the Halls"/"Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella", "Go Tell It on the Mountain", "Away in a Manger"/"Coventry Carol", and "Peace on Earth (Good Will Toward Men)"
 * Tom Schlesinger – graphic supervision
 * David Van De Pitte – arrangement