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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox album Шаблон:Album ratings Home for Christmas is the tenth studio album by Christian music and pop music singer Amy Grant, released on October 6, 1992. It is Grant's second holiday album, the first being 1983's A Christmas Album.

Commercial performance

Coming off the heels of Grant's successful 1991 album, Heart in Motion, Home for Christmas performed even better than Heart in Motion on the Billboard charts, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Christian album chart. It was later reissued in 2003 as 20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of Amy Grant.

On November 17, 1997, Home for Christmas was certified Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of three million copies in the United States.

As of November 2014, Home for Christmas is the eighteenth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. during the Nielsen SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 2,540,000 copies according to SoundScan.

Personnel

• Amy Grant – lead vocals
• Shane Keister – acoustic piano (4, 10), keyboards (8, 10, 11), string arrangements (10)
• Carl Marsh – synthesizer (4), keyboards (11, 12), orchestration (12)
• Robbie Buchanan – keyboards (6)
• Clare Fischer – acoustic piano (9)
• Blair Masters – keyboards (10, 11)
• Phil Keaggy – guitars (5)
• Tom Hemby – guitar (6, 12), acoustic guitar (10)
• Jerry McPherson – guitar (7), acoustic guitar (10)
• Dann Huff – guitar (10)
• Craig Nelson – bass (7, 9)
• David Hungate – bass (8, 10)
• Chris McHugh – drums (7)
• Steve Forman – percussion (7)
• Paul Leim – drums (8, 10), percussion (10)
• Harold Jones – drums (9)
• Mark O'Connor – violin (12)
• Ronn Huff – orchestration (1, 2, 3, 9), choral arrangements (3, 5, 11), conductor
• Alan Moore – orchestration (6)
• The London Studio Orchestra – strings (1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 12)
• Nat Peck – contractor
• The American Boychoir (3, 5, 10), directed by James Litton
• Chris Eaton – backing vocals (2, 7, 11), piano (11)
• Marty McCall – backing vocals (2, 7, 10)
• Marabeth Jordan – backing vocals (2, 7, 10)
• Bonnie Keen – backing vocals (2, 7, 10)
• John Darnall – children's choir director (10)
• Children's choir (10) – Jessica Owen, Kristina Owen, Carrie Gardner, Lisa Pardin, Asher Larrison, Emily Estes, Bethany Wright, Skyla Carnahan, Katy Dunham and Ellie Bannister

Production

• Brown Bannister – producer
• Ronn Huff – producer (2, 3)
• Amy Grant – executive producer
• Michael Blanton – executive producer
• Bill Deaton – tracking engineer
• Patrick Kelly – assistant engineer
• Rich Indelicato – assistant engineer
• Greg Parker – assistant engineer
• Steve Bishir – overdub engineer
• Anthony Zecco – overdub assistant engineer
• Brett Perry – overdub assistant engineer
• Martin Woodlee – overdub assistant engineer
• Rail Rogut – overdub assistant engineer
• Michael O'Reilly – additional engineering
• Adrian Kerridge – orchestra sessions engineer
• James Collins – orchestra sessions assistant engineer
• Bill Schnee – mixing
• Noel Hazen – mix assistant
• Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles
• Steve Hall – remastering at Futuredisc, North Hollywood
• Traci Sterling – production coordinator
• Chuck Beeson – art direction, design
• Rich Frankel – art direction
• Rebecca Chamlee – design
• Victoria Pearson Cameron – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

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Chart (1992–2020)	Peak position

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)	Position
US Billboard 200	58

Certifications

Country	Sales	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Canada (CRIA)	50,000	Gold
United States (RIAA)	3,000,000	Platinum (3x)