December is a Christmas music

Christmas music

Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season, which tends to begin in the months leading up the actual holiday and end in the weeks shortly thereafter.-Early:...

 album by soft rock

Soft rock

Soft rock is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock music to compose a softer, more toned-down sound. Soft rock songs generally tend to focus on themes like love, everyday life and relationships. The genre tends to make heavy use of acoustic guitars, pianos, synthesizers and sometimes...

 singer Kenny Loggins

Kenny Loggins

During the next decade, Loggins recorded so many successful songs for film soundtracks that he was referred to as, King of the Movie Soundtrack.He began with "I'm Alright" , "Mr. Night", and "Lead the Way" from Caddyshack...

. Released in 1998, it contains several Christmas music standards, such as "White Christmas" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," along with several other lesser-known holiday songs (such as "Walking In The Air" from the television special "The Snowman"), as well as a few Loggins originals.
Musicians include Peter Kater

Peter Kater

Peter Kater is an American composer, songwriter-singer and pianist who has several times nominated for Grammy awards.He is of German ancestry.-Filmography:-References:* * * * at Internet Movie Database...

 also the co-producer, Russ Kunkel

Russ Kunkel

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, veteran
Loggins and Messina

Loggins and Messina

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 reed player Jon Clarke, David Crosby

David Crosby

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 and Graham Nash

Graham Nash

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.

Track listing

1. "Walking in the Air
   Walking in the Air
   "Walking in the Air" is a song written by Howard Blake for the 1982 animated film of Raymond Briggs' 1978 children's book The Snowman. In the film the song was performed by St Paul's Cathedral choirboy Peter Auty...
   
   " (Howard Blake) – 5:23
2. "The Christmas Song
   The Christmas Song
   "The Christmas Song" is a classic Christmas song written in 1944 by musician, composer, and vocalist Mel Tormé and Bob Wells. According to Tormé, the song was written during a blistering hot summer...
   
   " (Mel Tormé
   Mel Tormé
   Melvin Howard Tormé , nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known for his jazz singing. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, a drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books...
   
   , Robert Wells
   Robert Wells (songwriter)
   Robert Wells was an American songwriter, composer, script writer and television producer. During his early career, he collaborated with singer and songwriter Mel Tormé, writing several hit songs, most notably "The Christmas Song" in 1945...
   
   ) – 4:34
3. "The Bells of Christmas" (Kenny Loggins, Steve Wood) – 5:58
4. "Coventry Carol" – 3:08
5. "Christmas Time Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson) – 5:03
6. "Angels in the Snow" (Loggins, Julia Loggins, Wood) – 5:07
7. "White Christmas
   White Christmas
   A white Christmas refers to the presence of snow on Christmas Day. This phenomenon is most common in the northern countries of the Northern Hemisphere...
   
   " (Irving Berlin) – 3:53
8. "Some Children See Him" (Alfred Burt, Wihla Hutson) – 4:58
9. "On Christmas Morning" (David Foster, Loggins) – 4:11 (Co-written with David Foster
   David Foster
   David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...
   
   , this was also recorded by Loggins long time friend and fellow collaborator Michael McDonald
   Michael McDonald (singer)
   Michael McDonald is a five-time Grammy Award winning American singer and songwriter. McDonald is known for a soulful baritone singing style and a multi-octave range. He began his career singing back-up vocals with Steely Dan...
   
   )
10. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
    "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis. Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics, which has become more common than the original. The song was written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane...
    
    " (Ralph Blane
    Ralph Blane
    Ralph Blane was an American composer, lyricist, and performer.-Life and career:Born Ralph Uriah Hunsecker in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Blane was the son of grocery store owners. He attended Tulsa Central High School...
    
    , Hugh Martin
    Hugh Martin
    Hugh Martin was an American musical theater and film composer, arranger, vocal coach, and playwright. He is best known for his score for the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me In St...
    
    ) – 5:18
11. "December" (Peter Kater, Loggins) – 5:38

Personnel

• Peter Asher – Producer
• Ted Blaisdell – Engineer
• Rob Brill – Assistant Engineer
• David Coleman – Art Direction, Design
• David Darling – Cello
• Paul DeCarli – Digital Editing
• Mike Gillies – Digital Editing, Assistant Engineer
• Geoffrey Gordon – Percussion
• Peter Kater – Synthesizer, Piano, Engineer, Writer, Instrumental Producer
• Nathaniel Kunkel – Engineer
• Bob Loftus – Engineer
• Kenny Loggins – Guitar, Producer
• Marc Mann – Programming
• Veronica McHugh – Assistant
• R. Carlos Nakai – Native American Flute
• John Nelson – Assistant Engineer
• Sean O'Dwyer – Assistant Engineer
• David Rubenstein – Conductor, String Arrangements, Woodwind Arrangement
• Doug Sax – Mastering
• Tony Shepperd – Engineer
• Ivy Skoff – Production Coordination
• Jeremiah Sullivan – Photography
• Mervyn Warren – Performer
• Beth Fitchet Wood – Vocals
• Bil Zelman
  Bil Zelman
  Bil Zelman is an American photographer and director known for his powerful, candid portraiture and spontaneous, photojournalistic style...
  
  – Photo Assistance