# Christmas (Stephanie Mills album)

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Christmas is a studio album by American recording artist Stephanie Mills, released in October 1991 on MCA Records. The album is a Christmas album, the first by Mills that showcases her soulful renditions of classic Christmas carols such as "White Christmas", "Silent Night", "Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer", and soul singer Donny Hathaway's, "This Christmas".

## Track listing

* "This Christmas" (Donny Hathaway, Nadine McKinnor) - 4:53
* "It Doesn't Feel Like Christmas (Without You)" (Michael Price, Richard Scher) - 4:14
* "We Can Move Mountains" (Randy Kerber, Marybeth Derry) - 4:21
* "Merry Christmas" (Stephanie Mills, Narada Michael Walden) - 4:02
* "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) - 4:36
* "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) - 5:18
* "Christmas with You" (Terry Lupton, Brian Potter) - 4:59
* "Love Is to Listen" (BeBe Winans) - 4:24
* "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) - 4:10
* "Jingle Baby" (Amanda McBroom, Tom Snow) - 4:09
Notes
* Track 5 contains sample from "Sex Machine" by James Brown and excerpts from "Expression" written by C. James.

## Personnel

* Stephanie Mills – vocals
* Donald Lawrence – keyboards (1, 5), bass (1, 5), arrangements (1, 5, 9), vocal arrangements (3, 7)
* Kevin Bond – acoustic piano solo (1), acoustic piano (2), keyboards (2)
* Richard Scher – synthesizers (2), drum programming (2), arrangements (2)
* Steve Barri – additional keyboards (2, 7, 10)
* Tony Peluso – additional keyboards (2, 7, 10), arrangements (10)
* Randy Kerber – keyboards (3, 10), arrangements (3), additional keyboards (7)
* Louis Biancaniello – keyboards (4), programming (4), orchestral arrangements (4)
* Frank Martin – acoustic piano (4)
* John Andrew Schreiner – synthesizers (7), drum programming (7), arrangements (7)
* Cedric Caldwell – keyboards (8), arrangements (8)
* Robbie Buchanan – acoustic piano solo (8)
* Dean Parks – guitars (3, 7, 10), arrangements (10)
* Tom Hemby – guitars (8)
* Neil Stubenhaus – bass (3, 10)
* Joel Smith – bass (6)
* Victor Caldwell – bass (8), drum programming (8)
* John Robinson – drums (3, 10)
* Rodney Barber – drum programming (5), first rap (5)
* Clarence "Flip" Kirby – drums (6)
* Dave Koz – alto saxophone (2), soprano saxophone (6)
* Paul McCandless – oboe (4)
* Joel Peskin – saxophone (10)
* Paul Riser – string arrangements (1, 6)
* Sephra Herman – string contractor (1, 6)
* Narada Michael Walden – arrangements (4)
* Elbernita Clark Terrell – arrangements (6)
* The Company – backing vocals (1-3, 5-7, 9): Reginald Adams, Winston Bagley, Rodney Barber, Jerry Friday, Donald Lawrence, Richard Odom and Terry Phillips
* Kitty Beethoven, Nikita Germaine, Sandy Griffith, Skyler Jett and Claytoven Richardson – backing vocals (4)
* Terry Phillips – second rap (5)
* Margaret Bell, Sherrie Kibble, Angie Winans, Debra Winans, BeBe Winans and CeCe Winans – backing vocals (8)
* BeBe Winans – BGV arrangements (8)
* The Jinglettes – backing vocals (10): Liz Constantine, Bobbi Page and Terry Wood
Production
* Stephanie Mills – executive producer, producer (1-3, 5-7, 10)
* Donald Lawrence – producer (1-3, 5-7, 9)
* Steve Barri – producer (2, 3, 7, 10)
* Tony Peluso – producer (2, 3, 7, 10), recording (2, 3, 7, 10), mixing (2, 3, 7, 10)
* Richard Scher – co-producer (2)
* Narada Michael Walden – producer (4)
* Louis Biancaniello – associate producer (4)
* Rodney Barber – producer (5)
* David Floyd – recording (1, 5)
* Taavi Môte – recording (1, 5, 6, 9), mixing (1, 5)
* David Frazer – recording (4), mixing (4)
* Keith Blake – recording (7)
* Michael McCartney – recording (8)
* Elliott Peters – recording (8)
* Billy Whittington – recording (8)
* Mark Williams – recording (9)
* Mick Guzauski – mixing (6, 9)
* Ronnie Brookshire – mixing (8)
* G. Aaron Miller – recording assistant (1, 5, 7, 9)
* Fred Kelly – recording assistant (7, 10)
* Brett Perry – assistant engineer (8)
* Roy Snowdon – assistant engineer (8)
* Carry Summers – assistant engineer (8)
* Tracey Schroeder – recording assistant (9)
* Marc Reyburn – additional recording (4)
* Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc (Hollywood, California)
* Left Bank Management – project coordinator
* Mark Sullivan – production coordinator (1-3, 5-7, 9, 10)
* Janice Lee, Kelly McRae, Cynthia Shiloh and Kevin Walden – production coordination (4)
* Louis Upkins Jr. – production assistant (8)
* Larry Brooks at Kosh Brooks Design – art direction, design
* Todd Gray – photography