''Chants et contes de Noël'' (English: "Christmas songs and tales") is the fifth French-language

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by Canadian singer

Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Power Ballads", Dion's powerful, technically skilled vocals and commercially successful works have had ...

, released in

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, Canada on 3 December 1983. It is also her second Christmas album.

Content

''Chants et contes de Noël'' includes three songs ("Promenade en traîneau", "Joyeux Noël" and "Glory Alleluia") from Dion's first Christmas release '' Céline Dion chante Noël'' (1981). It also includes a number of tracks with storytelling and holiday skit elements. The album was promoted by "Un enfant", originally by

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. "Un enfant" is also featured in Dion's 1984 compilation, '' Les plus grands succès de Céline Dion''. The album includes also "À quatre pas d'ici", an adaptation of Bucks Fizz's UK number-one hit " The Land of Make Believe" and a B-side of "Un enfant" single. Authors of that song wrote for Dion hits like " Think Twice" and " Call the Man" many years later.

Commercial performance

The album reached number seventeen in Quebec.

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chants et contes de Noel 1983 Christmas albums Albums produced by Eddy Marnay Celine Dion albums Christmas albums by Canadian artists Pop Christmas albums Albums produced by René Angélil