Home for the Holidays (Point of Grace album)

Home for the Holidays is the fifteenth album and fourth Christmas album by Christian group Point of Grace. It was released on October 5, 2010. It is their first fully new Christmas recording since their 2005 holiday release, Winter Wonderland. It is also their first full-length holiday release as a trio. The group once again worked with producer Nathan Chapman as well as his wife, Stephanie Chapman.

Track listing

Personnel

Point of Grace

• Shelley Breen – vocals
• Denise Jones – vocals
• Leigh Cappillino – vocals

Musicians

• Mike Rojas – pianos, synthesizers
• Jim Brickman – acoustic piano on "The Giver and the Gift"
• B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
• Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar
• Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar, banjo
• Jerry McPherson – electric guitars
• Mike Johnson – steel guitar
• Andy Leftwich – fiddle, mandolin
• Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass
• Glenn Worf – bass
• John Gardner – drums
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson – harmonica
• Jonathan Yudkin – strings, string arrangements

Children's Choir

• Caroline Breen
• Darby Mae Cappillino
• Price Jones
• Spence Jones

Production

• Jamie Kiner – A&R direction
• Nathan Chapman – producer
• Stephanie Chapman – producer, arrangements
• Chuck Ainlay – engineer, mixing
• Neal Cappellino – engineer
• Brian David Willis – engineer
• Todd Tidwell – assistant engineer
• Justin Francis – mix assistant
• Stephen Jones – mix assistant
• Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Jason Jenkins – A&R administration
• Jason Campbell – production coordinator
• Emily Mueller – production assistant
• Katherine Petillo – creative director
• Alexa Ward – design
• Laura Dart – photography
• Debbie Dover – hair stylist
• Amber Lehman – stylist, wardrobe
• Edward St. George – make-up

Awards

The album won a Dove Award for Christmas Album of the Year at the 42nd GMA Dove Awards.

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