Home for the Holidays (Point of Grace album) explained

Home for the Holidays
Type:	studio
Artist:	Point of Grace
Cover:	POG_Home_For_The_Holidays.jpg
Released:	October 5, 2010
Recorded:	2010
Studio:	Starstruck Studios and Pain In The Art Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre:	Christian pop, country pop, holiday
Label:	Word
Producer:	Nathan Chapman, Stephanie Chapman
Prev Title:	No Changin' Us
Prev Year:	2010
Year:	2010
Next Year:	2011

Home for the Holidays is the fifteenth album and fourth Christmas album by Christian group Point of Grace. It was released on October 5, 2010. It is their first full-length Christmas recording since their 2005 holiday release, Winter Wonderland. It is also their first full-length holiday release as a trio. The group once again worked with producer Nathan Chapman as well as his wife, Stephanie Chapman.

Personnel

Point of Grace

• Shelley Breen – vocals
• Denise Jones – vocals
• Leigh Cappillino – vocals

Musicians

• Mike Rojas – pianos, synthesizers
• Jim Brickman – acoustic piano on "The Giver and the Gift"
• B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
• Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar
• Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar, banjo
• Jerry McPherson – electric guitars
• Mike Johnson – steel guitar
• Andy Leftwich – fiddle, mandolin
• Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass
• Glenn Worf – bass
• John Gardner – drums
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson – harmonica
• Jonathan Yudkin – strings, string arrangements

Children's Choir

• Caroline Breen
• Darby Mae Cappillino
• Price Jones
• Spence Jones

Production

• Nathan Chapman – producer
• Stephanie Chapman – producer, arrangements
• Jason Jenkins – A&R
• Jamie Kiner – A&R
• Chuck Ainlay – engineer, mixing
• Neal Cappellino – engineer
• Brian David Willis – engineer
• Todd Tidwell – assistant engineer
• Justin Francis – mix assistant
• Stephen Jones – mix assistant
• Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee).
• Jason Campbell – production coordinator
• Emily Mueller – production assistant
• Katherine Petillo – creative director
• Alexa Ward – design
• Laura Dart – photography
• Debbie Dover – hair stylist
• Amber Lehman – stylist, wardrobe
• Edward St. George – make-up

Awards

The album won a Dove Award for Christmas Album of the Year at the 42nd GMA Dove Awards.^[1]

Notes and References

1. http://www.doveawards.com/nominees.php 42nd Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominees