tracks 5, 7, 9, 20 arranged by Billy May
tracks 2 to 4, 8, 10, 13 to 15, 18, 19 arranged by Peter Knight
tracks 1, 11 arranged by Richard Carpenter
art direction, design Chuck Beeson
art direction, design Tim Bryant
double bass Pete Morgan
drums Barry Morgan
drums Cubby O'Brien
drums Ron Tutt
electric bass Joe Osborn
engineer Eric Tomlinson
engineer John Richards
engineer Ray Gerhardt
engineer Roger Young
engineer [assistant] Allan Rouse
engineer [assistant] Clyde Kaplan
engineer [assistant] Dave Ireland
engineer [assistant] Jim Cassell
engineer [assistant] Robert de la Garza
harp Dorothy Remsen
harp Gayle Levant
harp Skaila Kanga
keyboards Pete Jolly
mastered by Arnie Acosta
tracks 11 producer Jack Daugherty
tracks 4 to 12, 16, 17, 20, 21 producer [associate] Karen Carpenter
tenor saxophone Bob Messenger
vocals Karen Carpenter
vocals The English Chorale
vocals The O.K. Chorale
vocals, producer, keyboards, concept by [conceived by] Richard Carpenter
Made By PMDC, USA
Entire CD plays continuously, and this Special Edition combines selected tracks from their 2 previous Christmas albums, Christmas Portrait (1978) and An Old Fashioned Christmas (1984).

Tracks 4 to 12, 16, 17, 20, & 21 are ©1978 A&M Records, Inc.
Tracks 1 to 3, 13 to 15, 18, & 19 are ©1984 A&M Records, Inc.
DIDX 186 is also listed on release, after catalog number.

Inside CD notes:
This album lovingly dedicated to the memory of my late sister and friend Karen, who was extremely fond of both Christmas and Christmas music.

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