Christmas Celebration

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2004 compilation album by Mannheim Steamroller

Christmas Celebration

Compilation album by

Mannheim Steamroller

Released| October 12, 2004
Recorded| 1984–2004
Genre| Christmas
Length| 65:08
Label| American Gramaphone
Producer| Chip Davis
Mannheim Steamroller chronology
| Halloween: Monster Mix
(2004)  | Christmas Celebration
(2004)  | Romantic Themes
(2005)

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Mannheim Steamroller Christmas albums chronology
| Christmas Extraordinaire
(2001)  | Christmas Celebration
(2004)  | Christmas Song
(2007)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

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Christmas Celebration is a compilation album by Mannheim Steamroller. It is the group's seventh Christmas album overall. The album was released in 2004 on CD and DVD-Audio by American Gramaphone to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the group's first Christmas album.

The album features eighteen Christmas songs in progressive rock and Renaissance styles, and includes a new track, "Celebration." A vocal version of "Traditions of Christmas," previously released only on a sampler CD included with the book Christmas: A Night Like No Other, is also included. The remaining songs are new mixes of previously released songs.

An edition of the album available exclusively at Target stores featured two extra songs: "The Holly and the Ivy" and "Messengers of Christmas."

Featured keyboard artist and Steamroller co-founder Jackson Berkey makes his final appearance on a Mannheim Steamroller Christmas album.[citation needed]

## Track listing

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Writing credits adapted from liner notes except as indicated.[1]

Standard editionNo.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Original album| Length

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1.| "Celebration"|  | Chip Davis| Previously unreleased| 2:37
2.| "Christmas Lullaby"|  | Davis| Christmas in the Aire| 4:09
3.| "Deck the Halls"|  | Traditional (Welsh ayre)| Mannheim Steamroller Christmas| 3:37
4.| "Veni Veni (O Come O Come Emanuel)" (featuring the Cambridge Singers)| Traditional| Traditional (12th century French)| A Fresh Aire Christmas| 4:21
5.| "Away in a Manger"|  | James R. Murray| Christmas Extraordinaire| 3:22
6.| "Hallelujah" (from The Messiah)|  | George F. Handel| Christmas Extraordinaire| 4:43
7.| "O Tannenbaum" (featuring Johnny Mathis and the University of Michigan Men's Glee Club)| Ernst Anschütz| Traditional (German)| Christmas Extraordinaire| 3:01
8.| "Wassail, Wassail"|  | Traditional (English carol)| Mannheim Steamroller Christmas| 2:25
9.| "Carol of the Birds"|  | Traditional (Bas-Quercy)| Mannheim Steamroller Christmas| 2:07
10.| "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen" (Renaissance version)|  | Traditional (English carol)| Mannheim Steamroller Christmas| 1:42
11.| "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" (rock version)|  | Traditional (English carol)| Mannheim Steamroller Christmas| 4:31
12.| "Greensleeves"|  | Traditional (16th century English)| A Fresh Aire Christmas| 3:29
13.| "Traditions of Christmas" (featuring LynnDee Mueller)| Davis| Davis| Christmas: A Night Like No Other[a]| 3:40
14.| "Good King Wenceslas"| Traditional| Traditional (English carol)| Mannheim Steamroller Christmas| 3:32
15.| "Carol of the Bells"| Peter Wilhousky| Mykola Leontovych[b]| A Fresh Aire Christmas| 3:53
16.| "Auld Lang Syne"| Robert Burns| Traditional (Scottish ayre)| Christmas Extraordinaire| 3:40
17.| "Fum, Fum, Fum"|  | Traditional (Spanish carol)| Christmas Extraordinaire| 4:54
18.| "Stille Nacht (Silent Night)"|  | Franz Gruber| Mannheim Steamroller Christmas| 5:25

Target edition bonus tracksNo.| Title| Music| Original album| Length

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19.| "The Holly and the Ivy"| Traditional (French melody)| A Fresh Aire Christmas| 3:03
20.| "Messengers of Christmas"| Davis[2]| Previously unreleased[c]| 3:30

1. ^ Original recording from A Fresh Aire Christmas.
2. ^ Neither Wilhousky nor Leontovych is credited on the album, which simply describes the song as "19th century Ukrainian."
3. ^ Originally released with narration on The Christmas Angel; later re-released in this form on Christmasville.

## See also

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* List of Billboard Top Holiday Albums number ones of the 2000s

## References

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1. ^ Christmas Celebration (booklet). Mannheim Steamroller. American Gramaphone. AG2020-2.`{{cite AV media notes}}`: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
2. ^ Christmasville (booklet). Mannheim Steamroller. American Gramaphone. AG1231-2.`{{cite AV media notes}}`: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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Mannheim Steamroller

* Chip Davis (percussion)
* Roxanne Layton (percussion, woodwinds)

Former members
Bobby Jenkins (oboe)
Jackson Berkey (keyboards)
Almeda Berkey (keyboards)
Ron Cooley (guitar, bass)
Arnie Roth (strings)
Chuck Penington (orchestra conductor)

Fresh Aire series|

* Fresh Aire (1975)
* Fresh Aire II (1977)
* Fresh Aire III (1979)
* Fresh Aire IV (1981)
* Fresh Aire V (1983)
* Fresh Aire VI (1986)
* Fresh Aire 7 (1990)
* Fresh Aire 8 (2000)

Albums|

* Saving the Wildlife (1986)
* Classical Gas (1987)
* Yellowstone: The Music of Nature (1989)
* To Russia with Love (1994)
* Mannheim Steamroller Meets the Mouse (1999)
* Bird Song (2000)
* Summer Song (2001)
* American Spirit (2003)
* Autumn Song (2003)

Compilations|

* Fresh Aire Interludes (1981)
* 25 Year Celebration of Mannheim Steamroller (1999)

Christmas albums|

* Christmas (1984)
* A Fresh Aire Christmas (1988)
* Christmas in the Aire (1995)
* Christmas Live (1997)
* The Christmas Angel: A Family Story (1998)
* Christmas Extraordinaire (2001)
* Christmas Song (2007)
* Christmasville (2008)
* Christmas Symphony (2011)
* Christmas Symphony II (2013)

Christmas compilations|

* Christmas Celebration (2004)
* Trimming the Tree (2007)
* Christmas 25th Anniversary Collection (2009)

Halloween albums|

* Halloween (2003)
* Halloween: Monster Mix (compilation, 2004)
* Halloween 2 Creatures Collection (2006)
* Halloween: Sweet Tooth (compilation, 2007)

Chip Davis albums|

* Renaissance Holiday (1998)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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