''Osmond Christmas Album'' is a holiday album by the

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, released in 1976.Osmond Family Christmas album released in 1976
/ref> The album peaked at No. 127 on the U.S. Billboard Top LP's chart, a modest improvement from their previous two albums. The original

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consisted of twenty Christmas songs (listed below) combining some original songs with traditional carols and secular Christmas standards, and included all seven performing members of the Osmond family, the first studio album to do so. Each track featured one of the various acts encompassed by the seven siblings: The Osmond Brothers,

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Marie Osmond Olive Marie Osmond (born October 13, 1959) is an American singer, actress, television host, and a member of the show business family the Osmonds. Although she was never part of her family's singing group, she gained success as a country and pop ...

, Donny & Marie as a duet, or

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. Later re-issues on compact disc were under the title ''Osmond Family Christmas'' and had eight of the original tracks removed, including all of Jimmy's solo performances. Some of the re-issued tracks added Marie singing along with her brothers on tracks that she originally did not perform on.

Album Notes

*The track ''Sleigh Ride'' is a completely different song from the

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composition. *All of the Osmonds (the brothers with Marie and Jimmy) perform together only on the ''Pine Cones & Holly Berries/It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas'' medley. *''Caroling Medley'', an assortment of ten traditional

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s, is performed by the Osmond Brothers

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Track listing (original 1976 release)

Track listing (1991 re-release)

References

{{Authority control 1976 albums 1976 Christmas albums Christmas albums by American artists Polydor Records albums The Osmonds albums Albums produced by Don Costa Pop Christmas albums