An Old-Fashioned Christmas


An Old-Fashioned Christmas is the second Christmas album and posthumous twelfth studio album by American music duo Carpenters, released on September 28, 1984, and after the death of singer and drummer Karen Carpenter.

Background

The album project had its genesis in several unused tracks from the Carpenters' previous Christmas album, 1978's Christmas Portrait. Richard Carpenter took these tracks and recorded new material around them, and this album was the end result. The album includes the slow version of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town".

Reissue

A 1984 expanded CD reissue of Christmas Portrait included several tracks from An Old Fashioned Christmas. In 1996 a two-CD set, Christmas Collection, was issued containing both albums in their original running order.

Track listing

All lead vocals by Karen Carpenter, except where noted; all tracks produced by Richard Carpenter except "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" by Jack Daugherty, R. Carpenter, and K. Carpenter.
Notes
Unless otherwise indicated, Information is taken from Lead Sister
Performance
Production and technical
  1. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" : US 7-inch single
  2. #"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
  3. #"Merry Christmas Darling"
  4. "Little Altar Boy" : US 7-inch single
  5. #"Little Altar Boy"
  6. #"Do You Hear What I Hear?"

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