Personal Christmas Collection Explained

Personal Christmas Collection
Type:	compilation
Artist:	Andy Williams
Cover:	Williams-Personal.jpg
Released:	1994
Recorded:	1963–1974
Genre:	Christmas
Length:	37:42
Label:	Columbia Records
Prev Title:	The New Andy Williams Christmas Album
Prev Year:	1994
Next Year:	1995

Personal Christmas Collection is a compilation album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released by Columbia Records in 1994^[1] and includes selections from his first three solo holiday LPs, The Andy Williams Christmas Album, Merry Christmas, and Christmas Present.

The album made holiday season appearances on Billboard magazine's album chart from 2012 to 2016, the year it had its all-time peak at number 115.

Track listing

1. "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (Edward Pola, George Wyle) – 2:33
2. "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 2:29
3. "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 2:34
4. "The Bells of St. Mary's" (A. Emmett Adams, Douglas Furber) – 2:38
5. "Christmas Present" (Larry H. Brown,^[2] Keats Tyler) – 2:30
6. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 2:14
7. "The First Noël" (traditional) – 3:08
8. "O Come All Ye Faithful" (Frederick Oakeley, John Francis Wade) – 2:35
9. "Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) – 2:11
10. "Silver Bells" from The Lemon Drop Kid (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 3:12
11. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley) – 2:39
12. "Ring Christmas Bells" (Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych, Peter Wilhousky, Minna Louise Hohman) – 1:52
13. "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) – 2:15
14. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 2:29
15. "Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season" (Irving Berlin/Kay Thompson) – 2:38

• This track originated on the 1974 album Christmas Present. The back cover and label of the original vinyl release of that album list the title of this track as "Christmas Bells", and the label gives songwriting credit to Harry Filler and Leonard Schroeder, who did write a different song called "Christmas Bells" that was recorded by Patti Page for her 1951 album Christmas with Patti Page.

Charts

Billboard 200

Holiday season	Peak position
2012	139^[3]
2013	131^[4]
2014	161^[5]
2015	149^[6]
2016	115^[7]

Notes and References

1. (1994) Personal Christmas Collection by Andy Williams [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records CK 64155
2. http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=212362&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID BMI | Repertoire Search for song title "Christmas Present"
3. Web site: Billboard 200: The week of November 24, 2012 . billboard.com . December 11, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211211235227/https://www.billboard.com/charts/the-billboard-200/2012-11-24/. December 11, 2021.
4. Web site: Billboard 200: The week of November 30, 2013 . billboard.com . December 11, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211211235437/https://www.billboard.com/charts/the-billboard-200/2013-11-30/. December 11, 2021.
5. Web site: Billboard 200: The week of December 20, 2014 . billboard.com . December 11, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211128111107/https://www.billboard.com/charts/the-billboard-200/2014-12-20/. November 28, 2021.
6. Web site: Billboard 200: The week of December 26, 2015 . billboard.com . December 11, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211119215101/https://www.billboard.com/charts/the-billboard-200/2015-12-26/. November 19, 2021.
7. Web site: Billboard 200: The week of December 24, 2016 . billboard.com . December 11, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211212000556/https://www.billboard.com/charts/the-billboard-200/2016-12-24/. December 12, 2021.