| Secret of Giving: A Christmas Collection | |
| Type: | album |
| Artist: | Reba McEntire |
| Cover: | SecretofGiving.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | September 21, 1999 |
| Recorded: | 1999 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 34:51 |
| Label: | MCA |
| Producer: | David Malloy Reba McEntire |
| Prev Title: | If You See Him |
| Prev Year: | 1998 |
| Next Title: | So Good Together |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
The Secret of Giving: A Christmas Collection is Reba McEntire's twenty-third studio album, and second Christmas album, the follow-up to her 1987 album Merry Christmas to You. The album features mostly new, original holiday tunes with only a couple of traditional favorites. The children featured on "The Angels Sang" are actually the class of her son Shelby who was in the third grade at the time. The album peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard country chart and is currently certified Gold by the RIAA.It has sold 940,000 copies as of December 2013 in the US, and over 1 million copies worldwide.
The album was followed by a CBS made-for-television movie also called Secret of Giving. The film starred McEntire and aired on Thanksgiving night in 1999. It featured songs from the album as its soundtrack.
| Chart (1999) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[1] | 10 | |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 85 | |
| U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums | 8 |
| Year | Single | US Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | "I'll Be Home for Christmas"[2] | 68 |
| "Away in a Manger" | 73 | |
| 2000 | "Secret of Giving" | 58 |
| "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" | 50 |