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<h2 id="track-listing">Track listing</h2> <ol><li>"Hey Santa!" (Jack Kugell; Carnie Wilson; Wendy Wilson) - 4:34</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Let_It_Snow!_Let_It_Snow!_Let_It_Snow!/Y83s7XNa">Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!</a>" (<a href="/facts/Jule_Styne/pPlk4B95">Jule Styne</a>; <a href="/facts/Sammy_Cahn/2jylWwVj">Sammy Cahn</a>) - 3:23</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_(song)/e73wSrsB">Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer</a>" (<a href="/facts/Johnny_Marks/KqgSQ4VK">Johnny Marks</a>) - 2:47</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Winter_Wonderland/TDlsaUxz">Winter Wonderland</a>" (<a href="/facts/Felix_Bernard/sQ0vbyRc">Felix Bernard</a>; <a href="/facts/Richard_Bernhard_Smith/Wfwqfd5k">Richard B. Smith</a>) - 3:40</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Little_Drummer_Boy/mIcmXDAV">Little Drummer Boy</a>" (<a href="/facts/Katherine_Kennicott_Davis/3m527IyM">Katherine Kennicott Davis</a>; Henry V. Oronati; <a href="/facts/Harry_Simeone/PnbMQe5G">Harry Simeone</a>) - 4:17</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Have_Yourself_a_Merry_Little_Christmas/Y9zNzM29">Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas</a>" (<a href="/facts/Ralph_Blane/xDtQv1Br">Ralph Blane</a>; <a href="/facts/Hugh_Martin/NKRlxd1s">Hugh Martin</a>) - 4:32</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Jingle_Bell_Rock/r3rqrDl8">Jingle Bell Rock</a>" (Joseph Carleton Beal; James Ross Boothe) - 2:11</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Silver_Bells/4zbHjgqk">Silver Bells</a>" (<a href="/facts/Jay_Livingston/Pn8hrcKr">Jay Livingston</a>; <a href="/facts/Ray_Evans/nATeYmqf">Ray Evans</a>) - 4:30</li> <li>"Christmas Medley: <a href="/facts/We_Three_Kings_of_Orient_Are/GhfXLfAY">We Three Kings of Orient Are</a>/<a href="/facts/Silent_Night_(song)/nkxdoYsH">Silent Night</a>/The First Noel" (Traditional) - 6:38</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/I_Saw_Mommy_Kissing_Santa_Claus/XeI6Knlu">I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus</a>" (<a href="/facts/Tommie_Connor/YxAN9P4K">Tommie Connor</a>) - 1:14</li></ol> <h2 id="personnel">Personnel</h2> <ul><li>Carnie Wilson – lead vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 10), backing vocals (1), vocals (5, 9), arrangements (9)</li> <li>Wendy Wilson – lead vocals (1, 3, 7, 8, 10), backing vocals (1), vocals (5, 9), arrangements (9)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Greg_Phillinganes/1AulcYoD">Greg Phillinganes</a> – acoustic piano (1), keyboards (1)</li> <li>Jack Kugell – additional keyboards (1), arrangements (1, 3, 6)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Paul_Mirkovich/bgGXNw5v">Paul Mirkovich</a> – keyboards (2, 3, 5), acoustic piano (2)</li> <li>Robbie Buchanan – keyboards (4, 8, 9), arrangements (4, 7-9)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Randy_Waldman/SVBXbbLm">Randy Waldman</a> – keyboards (6)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Brian_Wilson/lHqBFEUI">Brian Wilson</a> – acoustic piano (10)</li> <li>Josh Sklair – guitar (1)</li> <li>Carl Bartoles – additional guitar (1)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tommy_Girvin/jIfYRCqR">Tommy Girvin</a> – guitar (2, 5)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Michael_Landau/FMjQKDhl">Michael Landau</a> – guitar (2, 4, 5, 7, 8)</li> <li>Brett Garsed – guitar (3)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dean_Parks/A7bdXv5T">Dean Parks</a> – guitar (3, 6, 7, 9)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jimmy_Johnson_(bassist)/fCNmea5F">Jimmy Johnson</a> – bass guitar (1, 3)</li> <li>Leland Sklar – bass guitar (2, 5, 7)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Chuck_Domanico/l4u3Pd0Q">Chuck Domanico</a> – <a href="/facts/String_bass/zyyj4aay">string bass</a> (6)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Russ_Kunkel/5z4k41Ax">Russ Kunkel</a> – drums (1, 4, 7, 8)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mike_Baird_(musician)/CPhnSJ6l">Mike Baird</a> – drums (2, 3, 5)</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Guerin/NCPMwPhQ">John Guerin</a> – drums (6)</li> <li>Nathaniel Kunkel – percussion (1)</li> <li>Michael Fisher – percussion (2, 4, 5, 7, 8)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dan_Higgins/WWmo9FeQ">Dan Higgins</a> – alto saxophone (1)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tommy_Morgan/WhxhDv2o">Tommy Morgan</a> – <a href="/facts/Harmonica/hTDf00bt">harmonica</a> (2)</li> <li>David Duke – <a href="/facts/Flugelhorn/8XPQUTYa">flugelhorn</a> (6, 9)</li> <li>Marc Tanner – arrangements (2, 5)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jeremy_Lubbock/XpwLW7AJ">Jeremy Lubbock</a> – arrangements (9)</li> <li>Joanna Harwood – backing vocals (1, 10)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Carl_Wilson/ewy0VSWt">Carl Wilson</a> – backing vocals (1)</li> <li>Ascension Lutheran Singers – choir (1)</li> <li>Jennifer Gonzalez, Nanase Imai, Konomi Irie, Madoki Irie, Jon Pelletier and Joy Pelletier – additional choir (1)</li> <li>Carla Pelletier – choir director (1)</li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Honeys/u8NjLSnw">The Honeys</a> – backing vocals (3)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sally_Dworsky/fRjNaGD6">Sally Dworsky</a> – backing vocals (7)</li> <li>Edie Lehmann – backing vocals (7)</li> <li>Rick Nelson – backing vocals (7)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jeff_Pescetto/vKHMNV8F">Jeff Pescetto</a> – backing vocals (7)</li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Beach_Boys/6CdaMJwW">The Beach Boys</a> – backing vocals (10)</li> <li>Adam and <a href="/facts/Matt_Jardine/LrF1n6Bh">Matt Jardine</a>, Christian and Hailey Love, Jonah and Justyn Wilson – lead vocals (10)</li></ul> <p>String section (Tracks 6 & 9) </p> <ul><li>Jeremy Lubbock – arrangements and conductor</li> <li>Jules Chaikin – contractor</li> <li>Assa Drori – concertmaster</li> <li>Larry Corbett, Dennis Karmazyn, Suzie Katayama, Ray Kelley, Ron Leonard, David Shamban and Daniel Smith – cello</li> <li>Edward Mears, <a href="/facts/Buell_Neidlinger/Rw7QAN7h">Buell Neidlinger</a> and Margaret Storer – double bass</li> <li>Gayle Levant – <a href="/facts/Harp/FhRqeCDf">harp</a></li> <li>Marilyn Baker, Samuel Boghossian, Kenneth Burward-Hoy, Margot MacLaine, Jimbo Ross and Evan Wilson – viola</li> <li>Israel Baker, Ron Clark, <a href="/facts/Joel_Derouin/plzbQJFT">Joel Derouin</a>, Assa Drori, Henry Ferber, Ronald Folsom, Juliann French, Mirian Kojian, Gordon Marrin, Donald Palmer, Kwihee Shamban, Haim Shtrum, Mara Tsumura, Miwako Watanabe, Elizabeth Wilson and Shari Zippert – violin</li></ul> <h2 id="production">Production</h2> <ul><li>Jay Landers – executive producer</li> <li>Carnie Wilson – co-producer (1-9)</li> <li>Jack Kugell – producer (1, 3, 6)</li> <li>Marc Tanner – producer (2, 5)</li> <li>Robbie Buchanan – producer (4, 7-9)</li> <li>Al Jardine – producer (10)</li> <li>Patty Nichols – project coordinator (1-3, 5, 6)</li> <li>Ivy Skoff – project coordinator (1, 4, 7-9)</li> <li>Brett Perry – project coordinator (4, 7-9)</li> <li>Henry Marquez – art direction</li> <li>Brian Jackson – design</li> <li>Larry Vigon – design</li> <li>Deborah Feingold – photography</li> <li>Robert Tran – background photography</li> <li>Mickey Shapiro – management</li></ul> <p>Technical </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Doug_Sax/emTT1I8R">Doug Sax</a> – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)</li> <li>Nathaniel Kunkel – recording (1), engineer (3)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mick_Guzauski/llHGY0BJ">Mick Guzauski</a> – mixing (1, 3, 6)</li> <li>Bill Drescher – track recording (2, 5), mixing (2, 5)</li> <li>Mark Green – engineer (2, 5)</li> <li>Paul McKenna – recording (4, 8)</li> <li>Jeremy Smith – recording (4, 8), additional engineer (7), additional recording (9)</li> <li>Frank Wolf – recording (4, 8, 9), additional engineer (7), additional recording (9)</li> <li><a href="/facts/George_Massenburg/rG4VLWDw">George Massenburg</a> – drum recording (4, 8), recording (7)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bill_Schnee/WQMsM54r">Bill Schnee</a> – mixing (4, 7-9)</li> <li>Allen Sides – engineer (6)</li> <li>Chad Blinman – second engineer (1)</li> <li>Gil Morales – second engineer (1, 3)</li> <li>Marnie Riley – second engineer (1)</li> <li>Alex Rodriguez – second engineer (1)</li> <li>Tom Biener – second engineer (2, 3, 5), recording (4), assistant engineer (4, 8), engineer (6)</li> <li>John Jackson – second engineer (2, 5)</li> <li>Scott Ralston – second engineer (2, 5)</li> <li>Kevin Scott – recording assistant (4, 7, 8)</li> <li>Jeff Graham – assistant engineer (4, 8, 9), second engineer (6)</li> <li>Mitch Zelenzy – assistant engineer (4, 8, 9)</li> <li>John Hendrickson – mix assistant (4, 9)</li> <li>John Fundingsland – second engineer (5)</li> <li>Richard Landers – second engineer (6), recording assistant (9)</li> <li>Rail Rogut – mix assistant (7, 8)</li> <li>Jeff Shannon – recording assistant (9)</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/r188142">Hey Santa</a> at <a href="/facts/AllMusic_(identifier)/Hb8cU8Fb">AllMusic</a></li></ul>