Celebrate the Gift (1994)

Celebrate the Gift is a compilation Christmas album released on October 7, 1994 by Star Song Records. It features five songs of previously released Christmas tracks by Twila Paris, Phillips, Craig & Dean, Brett Williams & In Reach, Two Hearts and Brian Barrett, that was originally released in 1993 and sold only at Parable Christian Stores as a free gift on CD and cassette with any music purchase. It was released as Celebrate the Gift by Twila Paris and Friends. This new reissue contains five additional new songs featuring "Wise Man" by Robertson and is also on his 1994 solo album Soul Embrace, plus Sierra, Allison Durham Speer, Benjamin and Andy Landis. The album peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart.

Track listing

1. Celebrate the Gift (Twila Paris) (Twila Paris, Dwight Liles, Darrell Harris, Ken

Abraham, Tink Abraham, Todd Koppelberger) -4:18

2. Emmanuel (Sierra) (Michael W. Smith) -3:30

3. Do You Hear What I Hear? (Allison Durham Speer) (Noël Regney, Gloria Shayne)

-3:42

4. Sweet Christmas Birth (Brian Barrett) (Grady Robinson) -4:25

5. What Child Is This (Two Hearts) (William Chatterton Dix) -3:23

6. O Come O Come Emmanuel (Phillips, Craig & Dean) (traditional) -4:06

7. Tonight (Benjamin) (Benji Gaither, Gloria Gaither) -3:41

8. O Holy Night (Andy Landis) (Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight) -4:10

9. My Christmas (Brett Williams & In Reach) (Brett Williams) -3:15

10. Wise Man (David Robertson) (David Robertson, Dwight Liles) -4:33

Production credits

Paul Mills -producer (tracks 1 and 6)

Brian Green -co-producer (track 1)

Cliff Downs -producer (track 2)

Tim Lauer and Angela Lauer -producers (track 3)

David Ebensberger -producer (track 4)

Brian Tankersley -producer (track 5)

Brian Wooten and Richie Biggs -producers (track 7)

Andy Landis -producer (track 8)

David Zaffiro -producer (track 9)

Diane Louie -producer (track 10)