Christmas (also known as Mannheim Steamroller Christmas) is the first Christmas album and sixth studio album released by American musical group Mannheim Steamroller. It was the band's first album to chart on the Billboard 200 album chart, peaking at No. 50. On June 21, 2004, the album was certified 6× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of six million copies in the United States since its 1984 release, making it one of the best-selling Christmas/holiday albums in the U.S. Seven of the album's 11 tracks were included in the group's 2004 compilation Christmas Celebration. As of November 2014, it was the seventh best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. during the Nielsen SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold a total of 3,500,000 copies during that period according to SoundScan. 2019 marked the 35th anniversary of the album, which was celebrated with special-edition vinyl and compact disc releases. Track listing Personnel Louis F. "Chip" Davis Jr. - drums, percussion (including camel bells), recorder, bells, dulcimer, crumhorn, vocals, pencil, dry ice Eric Hansen - bass, lute Jackson Berkey - Baldwin S-10 piano, Davis harpsichord, clavichord, toy piano, Prophet 5 synthesizer, Fender Rhodes, camel bells, vocals Ron Cooley - 6 and 12-string guitars Willis Ann Ross - flute and recorder David "High D" Kappy - French horn Mary Walter - harp String section includes Steve Shipps (concertmaster), Richard Lohmann, Richard Altenbach, Grace Granata, Deborah Fuller, Scott Shoemaker (violins), Michelle Brill, Michael Strauss, Roxanne Adams (violas), David Low, Kim Rockshaw, Greg Clinton (cellos), Wayne Anderson, and Bill Ritchie (double basses) Ron Dabbs - camel bells, sound effects engineer Louis Davis Sr. - keyboard technician References 1984 Christmas albums Mannheim Steamroller albums Christmas albums by American artists American Gramaphone albums Classical Christmas albums Instrumental albums New-age Christmas albums