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 full-length 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.

Home for the Holidays
Studio album by Point of Grace
Released	October 5, 2010
Recorded	2010
Studio	Starstruck Studios and Pain In The Art Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Christian pop, country pop, holiday
Label	Word
Producer	Nathan Chapman, Stephanie Chapman
Point of Grace chronology
No Changin' Us (2010) Home for the Holidays (2010) Turn Up the Music: The Hits of Point of Grace (2011)

Track listing

Album release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"White Christmas"	Irving Berlin	3:45
2.	"Candy Cane Lane"	Jennifer Zuffinetti	2:45
3.	"Labor of Love"	Andrew Peterson	4:34
4.	"Home for the Holidays / Silver Bells"	Robert Allen, Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Al Stillman	3:53
5.	"Immanuel"	Chad Cates, Tony Wood, Jonathan Yudkin	3:37
6.	"Little Drummer Boy"	Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone	3:39
7.	"Holly Jolly Christmas"	Johnny Marks	3:08
8.	"Joy to the World"	Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts	3:22
9.	"Not So Silent Night"	Scott Krippayne, Jeff Peabody	4:10
10.	"The Giver and the Gift" (featuring Jim Brickman)	Nicolle Galyan, Molly Reed, Jonathan Yudkin	3:49
Total length:			36:42

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

• Nathan Chapman – producer
• Stephanie Chapman – producer, arrangements
• Jason Jenkins – A&R
• Jamie Kiner – A&R
• 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 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.^[1]

References

1. 42nd Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominees Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine on DoveAwards.com