Gold: A 50th Anniversary Christmas Celebration

John Bush of AllMusic describes the compilation as "a solid collection"[1] and Mathis as "a wonderful holiday singer, easily able to summon the congenial warmth and energetic cheerfulness that made his version of "Sleigh Ride" a perennial hit."[1]

1. "Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) – 2:57
2. "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 4:17
3. "Silver Bells" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 3:32
4. "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) – 3:49
5. "O Holy Night" (Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight) – 4:33
6. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 3:28
7. "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" (Meredith Willson) – 2:14
8. "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (Edward Pola, George Wyle) – 2:45
9. "Toyland" (Glen MacDonough, Victor Herbert) – 3:41
10. Medley – 3:44
    a. "Caroling, Caroling" (Alfred Burt, Wilha Hutson)
    b. "Happy Holiday" (Irving Berlin)
11. "The Christmas Waltz" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:36
12. "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" (Johnny Marks) – 2:00
13. "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (Irving Berlin) – 3:34
14. "O Tannenbaum" performed with Mannheim Steamroller (Ernst Anschütz) – 2:57
15. Medley performed with Bette Midler – 2:47
    a. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith)
    b. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)

Original albums

• Johnny Mathis – vocals

Tracks 1–5 (from his 1958 album Merry Christmas)[4]

• performed with Percy Faith & His Orchestra
• Al Ham – producer
• Mitch Miller – producer

Track 6 (from his 1963 album Sounds of Christmas)[5][6][7]

• Glenn Osser – arranger^[A]
• Jack Feierman – conductor
• Don Costa – producer
• ^A While the original album credited Costa as the arranger, this and two other compilations noted below all list Costa as the producer and Osser as the arranger of this track.

Tracks 7–11 (from his 1986 album Christmas Eve with Johnny Mathis)[8]

• Jeremy Lubbock – arranger, conductor ("Caroling, Caroling/Happy Holiday", "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas", "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year")
• Ray Ellis – arranger, conductor ("The Christmas Waltz", "Toyland")
• Denny Diante – producer

Tracks 12–13 (from his 2002 album The Christmas Album)[9]

• Ray Ellis – arranger ("Have a Holly Jolly Christmas")
• Bob Krogstad – arranger ("I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm")
• Ken Krogstad – conductor
• Robbie Buchanan – producer

Track 14 (from Mannheim Steamroller's 2001 album Christmas Extraordinaire)[5]

• Chip Davis – arranger, producer

Track 15 (from Bette Midler's 2006 album Cool Yule)[5]

• Bette Sussman – track arranger, vocal arranger, additional lyrics
• Patrick Williams – orchestral arranger, track arranger, vocal arranger
• Eric Kornfeld – additional lyrics
• Bette Midler – additional lyrics
• Robbie Buchanan – producer

Compilation

• Johnny Mathis – executive producer
• Jay Landers – executive producer; A&R for Columbia Records
• Didier C. Deutsch – producer
• Mark Wilder – mastering
• Steve Berkowitz – A&R
• Patti Matheny – A&R
• Stacey Boyle – A&R
• Howard Fritzson – art direction
• Mark Larson – design
• Peter Fletcher – product direction
• Mandy Eidgah – product direction
• Omar Carrasquilla – tape research
• Mike Kull – tape research
• David Vance – photography
• Seawell – photography
• Russell Laschinger – photography
• Mastered at Sony Music Studios, New York