Christmas Offerings is the seventh full-length album by the Christian rock band Third Day. It was released on October 17, 2006. "Away in a Manger", "Silent Night", "The First Noel" and "Do You Hear What I Hear" are all live versions. "Christmas Like a Child", "Born in Bethlehem", "Merry Christmas" and "Jesus, Light of the World" are original songs recorded in studio.

Christmas Offerings
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 17, 2006
RecordedMay 20, 2006
StudioNickel and Dime Studios (Atlanta, Georgia); The Bat Cave (Marietta, Georgia); Curb Studio (Nashville, Tennessee).
GenreChristian rock, Christmas music
LabelReunion, Essential, Brentwood
ProducerThird Day, Don McCollister
Third Day chronology
Wherever You Are
(2005)
Christmas Offerings
(2006)
Chronology Volume 1
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Jesus Freak Hideout[2]

Track listing

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Album release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."O Come All Ye Faithful"John Francis Wade3:51
2."Do You Hear What I Hear?"Noel Regney, Gloria Shayne3:37
3."Born in Bethlehem"Third Day, Mac Powell3:43
4."O Holy Night"Adolphe Adam4:06
5."Angels We Have Heard on High"Traditional3:50
6."Silent Night"Joseph Mohr4:10
7."Jesus, Light of the World"Third Day3:56
8."Joy to the World"Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts3:36
9."What Child Is This?"William Chatterton Dix3:30
10."The First Noel"Traditional2:59
11."Christmas Like a Child"Tai Anderson, Third Day4:02
12."Away in a Manger"James R. Murray3:57
13."Merry Christmas"Brad Avery, Third Day6:30
Total length:50:37

Awards

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In 2007, the album won a Dove Award for Christmas Album of the Year at the 38th GMA Dove Awards.[3]

Personnel

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Third Day

  • Mac Powell – acoustic guitar, lead and backing vocals
  • Brad Avery – guitars
  • Mark Lee – guitars
  • Tai Anderson – bass
  • David Carr – drums

Additional musicians

  • Scotty Wilbanks – acoustic piano, keyboards, Hammond B3 organ
  • Blaine Barcus – sleigh bells (5)
  • Worldwide Groove Corporation – string arrangements (3, 4, 13)
  • Brandon Brooks – cello (7, 8, 10)
  • Pat Barrett – backing vocals
  • Don McCollister – backing vocals

Production

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  • Terry Hemmings – executive producer
  • Third Day – producers
  • Don McCollister – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Laura Harrington – assistant engineer
  • Jonathan Medley – assistant engineer
  • Kris Sampson – assistant engineer
  • Tony Terrebonne – assistant engineer, additional engineer
  • Craig White – string engineer (3, 4, 13)
  • Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Blaine Barcus – A&R
  • Michelle Pearson – A&R production
  • Tai Anderson – art direction
  • Stephanie McBrayer – art direction
  • Tim Parker – art direction
  • Stephanie Waldrop – art direction
  • Bert Sumner – design
  • Robert Ascroft – photography
  • Traci Sgrignoli – make-up, hair stylist

References

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