CELINE DION - SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS

SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS

CÉLINE DION

SONGWRITER: JOHNN LENNON

COUNTRY: U.K.

ALBUM: THESE ARE SPECIAL TIMES

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: CHRISTMAS MUSIC

YEAR: 1998

These Are Special Times is the sixth English-language studio album and the first English-language Christmas album by Canadian singer Celine Dion. Released by Sony Music Entertainment on 30 October 1998, it features cover versions of popular Christmas tunes and original material. Dion worked with David Foster and Ric Wake, who produced most of the tracks for the album. Other producers include R. Kelly and Bryan Adams. Critics praised Dion's commitment to the recorded material, as well as the production of the songs.

These Are Special Times was released after two of Dion's most successful albums, Falling into You (1996) and Let's Talk About Love (1997). It includes the US number-one single, "I'm Your Angel" (duet with R. Kelly) and the Golden Globe winning song, "The Prayer" (also featured in Quest for Camelot). The album has sold 5.44 million copies in the United States as of November 2016, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and has been certified five-times Platinum by the RIAA. In Canada, the album has sold one million copies and been certified Diamond by the CRIA. The album has sold 12 million copies worldwide and is one of the best-selling Christmas albums of all time.

So This Is Christmas

So this is Christmas

And what have you done?

Another year over

And a new one just begun

And so this is Christmas

I hope you have fun

The near and the dear one

The old and the young.

A very Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year

Let's hope it's a good one

Without any fear

And so this is Christmas

For weak and for strong

For rich and the poor ones

The road is so long

And so Happy Christmas

For black and for white

For yellow and red ones

Let's stop all the fight.

A very Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year

Let's hope it's a good one

Without any fear

So this is Christmas

And what have you done?

Another year over

And a new one just begun

And so Happy Christmas

I hope you have fun

The near and the dear one

The old and the young.

A very Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year

Let's hope it's a good one

Without any fear

So this is Christmas

And what have you done?

Another year over

And a new one just begun.