James Taylor at Christmas is the 17th studio and second
Christmas album by singer-songwriter
James Taylor, released by
Columbia Records in 2006. It was his last release for Columbia since signing with the label in 1977.
The album is essentially a reissue (with a new title and slightly altered track listing) of James Taylor: A Christmas Album, a limited edition title distributed by
Hallmark Cards in 2004. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," originally issued on Taylor's October Road in 2002, and "River" were not included on the original Hallmark release. Additionally, the original album featured a version of "
Deck the Halls" which is not on the standard Columbia CD. (The
Barnes & Noble chain, however, issued a version of the new title with "Deck the Halls" included as a bonus track.)
The album was reissued on the
UMe label in 2012, with the addition of two tracks. One of them, "Mon Beau Sapin" (a French translation of "
O Christmas Tree"), is a new recording and is only available on this album. The other track new to the collection is a version of
George Harrison's "
Here Comes the Sun" by Taylor and cellist
Yo-Yo Ma, which originally appeared on Ma's 2008 holiday album Songs of Joy & Peace.