Christmas: The Gift Goes On
{{Infobox album
| name = Christmas: The Gift Goes On
| type = Studio
| artist = Sandi Patti
| cover = Sandi christmas.jpg
| caption = 1987 Word Records re-issue cover
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = 1983
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = {{hlist|Great Circle Sound, Nashville, Tennessee|Sound Shop, Nashville, Tennessee|Bullet Studios, Nashville, Tennessee}}
| genre = Contemporary Christian, Christmas
| length = 35:24
| label = Impact (Word 1987 re-issue)
| producer = David T. Clydesdale, Greg Nelson, Sandi Patti
| prev_title = More Than Wonderful
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = Songs from the Heart
| next_year = 1984
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000651657|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
}}
Christmas: The Gift Goes On is the first Christmas album by gospel singer Sandi Patti originally issued in 1983 by Impact Records,{{cite work|title=Sandi Patti: Christmas: The Gift Goes On|publisher=Impact Records. 1983, re-issued by Word Records|date=1987}} then re-issued in 1987 by Word Records with a new album cover. The album consists of some traditional Christmas tunes and hymns along with original Christmas songs. The album reached No. 9 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sandi-patty/chart-history/ill/|title=Sandi Patty: Christmas: The Gift Goes On (Top Christian Albums)|website=Billboard|access-date=}} The album was nominated for Best Gospel Performance, Female at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards and was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1988.
Track listing
{{Tracklist
|title1 = Worship The King
|writer1 = Billy Smiley, Bill George
|length1 = 3:14
|title2 = Worship The Gift
|note2 = Medley
|writer2 = Edmund Sears, Richard Storrs Willis, William J. Kirkpatrick, William Chatterton Dix, Phillips Brooks, Lewis Redner
|length2 = 4:01
|title3 = The Gift Goes On
|writer3 = Ron Harris, Claire Cloninger
|length3 = 3:03
|title4 = Christmas Was Meant for Children
|writer4 = Gordon Goodman, Chuck Evans
|length4 = 2:33
|title5 = Jesu Bambino/O Holy Night
|writer5 = Pietro Yon/John Sullivan Dwight, Adolphe Adams
|length5 = 4:40
|title6 = Worship The King (Reprise)/Celebrate The Gift
|note6 = Medley
|writer6 = Billy Smiley, Bill George/George F. Handel, Charles Wesley, Felix Mendelssohn, Issac Watts
|length6 = 2:39
|title7 = I Wonder As I Wander
|writer7 = John Jacob Niles
|length7 = 2:50
|title8 = O Magnify The Lord
|writer8 = Dick and Melodie Tunney
|length8 = 2:01
|title9 = Bethlehem Morning
|writer9 = Morris Chapman
|length9 = 5:00
|title10 = Merry Christmas With Love/Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
|writer10 = Billy Smiley, Greg Davis/Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin
|length10 = 5:02
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable" |
| Chart (1983)
!Peak |
|---|
| US Top Contemporary Christian Albums
| style="text-align:center;"|9 |
=Radio singles=
| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2"|Year ! rowspan="2"|Singles ! colspan="1"|Peak positions |
| CCM AC{{Cite book |title=CCM Hot Hits: AC Charts 1978 – 2001 |publisher=AuthorHouse |year=2003 |isbn=1-4107-3294-0 |editor-last=Brothers |editor-first=Jeffrey Lee|page=171}} |
|---|
| 1983-84
| "O Magnify The Lord" |align="center"|6 |
Certifications and sales
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Sandi Patti|title=The Gift Goes On|award=Gold|certyear=1988|relyear=1983|accessdate=29 June 2019}}
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References
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Category:1983 Christmas albums
Category:Christmas albums by American artists
Category:Impact Records albums
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