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on October 11, 2005. The album features seven classic Christmas songs as well as six original songs. The album peaked at No. 74 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Track listing

# "Five More Days 'til Christmas" * ( Matthew Gerrard; Robbie Nevil) – 3:04 # " Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (

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; J. Fred Coots) – 3:28 # "Perfect Christmas" * (J. Landers; Matthew Gerrard; Robbie Nevil) – 3:08 # "Cheetah-licious Christmas" * (Matthew Gerrard; Robbie Nevil) – 3:32 # " A Marshmallow World" ( C. Sigman; P. DeRose) – 2:47 # "Christmas in California" * ( The Cheetah Girls; Matthew Gerrard; Robbie Nevil) – 3:01 # "No Ordinary Holiday" * ( B. Benenate; Matthew Gerrard) – 3:31 # "

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" ( M. Carey; W. Afanasieff) – 4:02 # " This Christmas" (

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" ( G. Michael) – 3:49 # " Feliz Navidad" ( J. Feliciano) – 2:37 Note: Original songs marked with a (*)

Singles

"Cheetah-licious Christmas" was the first single from the album, released on November 1, 2005, along with a music video that showcases the members performing the song inside of a snow globe dressed in winter clothing. It was performed on their Cheetah-licious Christmas Tour and was added to the set list of

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during the holiday season. "Five More Days 'til Christmas" was released exclusively on Radio Disney on December 12, 2005. It was performed on their Cheetah-licious Christmas Tour.

Personnel

* Antonina Armato – producer * Adrienne Bailon – group member *

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– group member * Kiely Williams – group member * Ray Cham – producer * Jordan Foley – art direction * Matthew Gerrard – producer * Tim James – producer * Jay Landers – executive producer * Stephen Marcussen – mastering * Dani Markman – artist coordination * Robbie Nevil – producer

Charts

Tour

In the winter of 2005, The Cheetah Girls went on tour to support the Christmas album.

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went along with them, as the opening act, to support their own album ''

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performed as surprise guests opening for both The Cheetah Girls and

for a total of 10 shows of the tour, promoting '' It's About Time'', their first album. The holiday theme of the concert included giant presents (in which the Cheetah Girls performed), Winter clothes, and even a tropical theme for their song "Christmas in California", which included surfboards with the girls' names on them. The Cheetah Girls also sang songs from the first Cheetah Girls soundtrack, their song " I Won't Say (I'm in Love)" (from '' DisneyMania 3''), and their version of "Shake a Tail Feather" (from the ''Chicken Little'' soundtrack). The girls went on tour to support this album entitled the Cheetah-licous Christmas Tour.

References

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