Christmas Offerings

Christmas Offerings is the seventh full-length album by the Christian rock band Third Day. It was released on October 17, 2006. "Away in a Manger", "Silent Night", "The First Noel" and "Do You Hear What I Hear" are all live versions. "Christmas Like a Child", "Born in Bethlehem", "Merry Christmas" and "Jesus, Light of the World" are original songs recorded in studio.

Christmas Offerings
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 17, 2006
RecordedMay 20, 2006
StudioNickel and Dime Studios, Marietta, Georgi
GenreChristian rock, Christmas music
LabelReunion, Essential, Brentwood
ProducerThird Day, Don McCollister
Third Day chronology
Wherever You Are
(2005)
Christmas Offerings
(2006)
Chronology Volume 1
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Jesus Freak Hideout[2]

Track listing

Album release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."O Come All Ye Faithful"John Francis Wade3:51
2."Do You Hear What I Hear?"Noel Regney, Gloria Shayne3:37
3."Born in Bethlehem"Third Day, Mac Powell3:43
4."O Holy Night"Adolphe Adam4:06
5."Angels We Have Heard on High"Traditional3:50
6."Silent Night"Joseph Mohr4:10
7."Jesus, Light of the World"Third Day3:56
8."Joy to the World"Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts3:36
9."What Child Is This?"William Chatterton Dix3:30
10."The First Noel"Traditional2:59
11."Christmas Like a Child"Tai Anderson, Third Day4:02
12."Away in a Manger"James R. Murray3:57
13."Merry Christmas"Brad Avery, Third Day6:30
Total length:50:37

Awards

In 2007, the album won a Dove Award for Christmas Album of the Year at the 38th GMA Dove Awards.[3]

Personnel

  • Tai Anderson – bass guitar, art direction
  • Robert Ascroft – photography
  • Brad Avery – guitar
  • Blaine Barcus – A&R
  • Brandon Brooks – cello
  • David Carr – drums
  • James Chadwick – translation
  • John Sullivan Dwight – translation
  • Laura Harrington – assistant engineer
  • Terry Hemmings – executive producer
  • Mark Lee – guitar
  • Stephanie McBrayer – art direction
  • Don McCollister – backing vocals, producer, engineer, mixing
  • Jonathan Medley – assistant engineer
  • Frederick Oakeley – translation
  • Tim Parker – art direction
  • Michelle Pearson – A&R
  • Mac Powell – acoustic guitar, lead and backing vocals
  • Kris Sampson – assistant engineer
  • Traci Sgrignoli – make-up, hair stylist
  • Tony Terrebonne – engineer, assistant engineer
  • Stephanie Waldrop – art direction
  • Craig White – engineer
  • Scotty Wilbanks – piano, keyboards, Hammond organ
  • Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • John E Young – translation

References

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