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| rev2 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
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| rev3 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
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'''''James Taylor at Christmas''''' is the
The album is essentially a reissue (with a new title and slightly altered track listing) of ''[[James Taylor: A Christmas Album]]'', a limited edition title distributed by [[Hallmark Cards]] in 2004. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
The album was reissued on the [[Universal Music Enterprises|UMe]] label in 2012, with the addition of two tracks. One of them, "Mon Beau Sapin" (a French translation of "[[O Tannenbaum|O Christmas Tree]]"), is a new recording and is only available on this album. The other track new to the collection is a version of [[George Harrison]]'s "[[Here Comes the Sun]]" by Taylor and cellist [[Yo-Yo Ma]], which originally appeared on Ma's 2008 holiday album ''[[Songs of Joy & Peace]]''.
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# "[[Baby, It's Cold Outside]]" <small>featuring [[Natalie Cole]]</small> ([[Frank Loesser]]) - 4:17
# "[[River (Joni Mitchell song)|River]]" ([[Joni Mitchell]]) - 3:33
# "[[Here Comes the Sun]]" <small>featuring [[Yo-Yo Ma]]</small> ([[George Harrison]]) - 2:50
# "[[Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas]]" ([[Hugh Martin]], [[Ralph Blane]]) - 3:24
# "Some Children See Him" (Wihla Hutson, [[Alfred Burt]]) - 4:37
# "Mon Beau Sapin" <small>(Traditional)</small> - 3:08
# "[[The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)]]" <small>featuring [[Toots Thielemans]]</small> ([[Mel Tormé]], [[Robert Wells (songwriter)|Robert Wells]]) - 3:52
# "Who Comes This Night" ([[Dave Grusin]], Sally Stevens) - 4:11
# "[[In the Bleak Midwinter]]" <small>(Traditional)</small> - 4:12
# "[[Auld Lang Syne]]" <small>(Traditional)</small> - 3:38
== Personnel ==
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* George Doering – guitar (2, 4, 12, 13)▼
* [[Michael Landau]] – guitar (2, 4, 13, 14)▼
* [[Dave Grusin]] – acoustic piano (1–7, 9, 12, 13, 14), arrangements (1–5, 9–14), [[celesta]] (11, 12)
* [[Larry Goldings]] – [[melodica]] (2, 13), [[Electric organ|organ]] (4), acoustic piano (6, 8, 10, 11), [[accordion]] (10), [[glockenspiel]] (10), [[harmonica]] (13, 14), [[harmonium]] (14)
* [[Clifford Carter]] – synthesizers (8)
* [[John Pizzarelli]] – guitars (1, 3, 5, 8, 11, 14)
* [[Dave Carpenter]] – bass (1, 3, 5, 6, 12, 12, 14)
* [[Jimmy Johnson (bassist)|Jimmy Johnson]] – bass (2, 4, 8, 10, 13)
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* [[Yo-Yo Ma]] – cello (7)
* [[Toots Thielemans]] – harmonica (11)
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* [[Kate Markowitz]] – backing vocals (1, 2, 9, 12)
* [[Arnold McCuller]] – backing vocals (1, 2, 9, 12)
* [[Natalie Cole]] – lead vocals (5)
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▲=== Production ===
* Dave Grusin – producer (1–5, 9–14)
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* James Taylor – producer (6)
* Dave O'Donnell – producer, recording and mixing (7, 10)
* Russ Titelman – producer (8)
* Don Murray – recording and mixing (1–6, 9, 11–14)
* [[Doug Sax]] – mastering at The Mastering Lab, Hollywood, California
* Sangwook Nam – mastering at The Mastering Lab, Hollywood, California
* Christopher Austopchuk – art direction, design
* David Bett – art direction, design
* [[Timothy White (photographer)|Timothy White]] – photography
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== Charts ==
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=== Weekly charts ===
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! scope="col"| Chart (2006)
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{{album chart|Billboard200|16|artist=James Taylor|rowheader=true|access-date=June 28, 2021}}
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{{album chart|BillboardHoliday|3|artist=James Taylor|rowheader=true|access-date=June 28, 2021}}
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=== Year-end charts ===
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! scope="col"| Chart (2007)
! scope="col"| Position
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! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2007|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 28, 2021}}</ref>
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== References ==
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