I Dream of Christmas

{{Album ratings

| title = Professional ratings

| rev1 = All About Jazz

| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/i-dream-of-christmas-norah-jones-blue-note|title=Norah Jones: I Dream of Christmas|website=All About Jazz|first=Jim|last=Trageser|date=October 23, 2021|access-date=November 23, 2024}}

| rev2 = AllMusic

| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-dream-of-christmas-mw0003599999|title=Norah Jones – I Dream of Christmas|website=AllMusic|first=Timothy|last=Monger|access-date=November 23, 2024}}

| rev3 = The Arts Desk

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-norah-jones-i-dream-christmas|title=Album: Norah Jones – I Dream of Christmas|website=The Arts Desk|first=Liz|last=Thomson|date=December 15, 2021|access-date=November 4, 2021}}

| rev4 = Knoxville News Sentinel

| rev4score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://eu.knoxnews.com/story/entertainment/columnists/chuck-campbell/2021/10/16/norah-joness-i-dream-christmas-intoxicating-holiday-gift/8488131002/|title=Want an early present? Norah Jones gift-wraps a dreamy Christmas – music review|website=Knoxville News Sentinel|first=Chuck |last=Campbell|access-date=November 4, 2021}}

| rev5 = PopMatters

| rev5score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/norah-jones-i-dream-christmas/|title=Norah Jones Plays It Cool, Classic, and Timeless with 'I Dream of Christmas'|website=PopMatters|first=Peter|last=Piatkowski|date=November 3, 2021|access-date=November 4, 2021}}

| rev6 = The Times

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/norah-jones-i-dream-of-christmas-review-a-lazy-hazy-hangover-cure-gn2tj59kq|title=Norah Jones: I Dream of Christmas review — a lazy, hazy hangover cure|website=The Times|first=Chris |last=Pearson|date=December 17, 2021|access-date=November 23, 2024}}

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I Dream of Christmas earned largely favorable reviews from music critics. AllMusic editor Timothy Monger wrote about the album: "Tucked amid elegant arrangements of [...] standards are crafty Jones originals like "Christmas Calling (Jolly Jones)" and "It's Only Christmas Once a Year," each one built to last more than one season [...] Playful, cozy, and effortlessly low-key, I Dream of Christmas has all the hallmarks of a seasonal staple." PopMatters editor Peter Piatkowski found that I Dream of Christmas "feels like a soothing salve on what seems like another troubled holiday season. The record is a wonderful soundtrack to the upcoming festivities and should be on the playlist of everyone’s Christmas party."

Liz Thomson, wrinting for The Arts Desk, called I Dream of Christmas a "pleasing and well-paced selection of songs amid which even the ubiquitous "White Christmas" is more than tolerable – up-tempo, brush drums, Jones’ piano quoting from other festive faves and her breathy vocal giving it a sexy, yearning quality." She felt that "Jones' skill is to remind us that tired and hideously overdone as many of these numbers are, intrinsically good songs lie hidden beneath the musical cliches." All About Jazz editor Jim Trageser declared the album "a lovely addition to the Christmas canon, with some wonderfully creative takes on old favorites coupled to some inspired new seasonal compositions."

Stephanie Kaloi from Entertainment Weekly found that "Jones gifted us the perfect record to accompany introspective winter nights. With her sweeping and gentle takes on Christmas classics as well as her own originals, Jones combines the nostalgic sentiment expressed in much of her music with a certain holiday glow on a record to which you can kiss or cry."{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/music/best-christmas-albums-of-all-time/|title=The 25 best Christmas albums of all time|website=The Times|first=Stephanie|last=Kaloi |date=December 16, 2023|access-date=November 23, 2024}} Knoxville News Sentinel critic Chuck Campbell, wrote that the album was "even better than might have been expected as Jones and her band capture a cozy holiday vibe, soothing and a bit surreal, sometimes playful and occasionally melancholy. I Dream of Christmas is replete with the signature sleek, jazzy tones Jones has employed since her 2002 debut, Come Away With Me."

All tracks produced by Leon Michels.

{{Track listing

| headline = I Dream of Christmas track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 42:21

| title1 = Christmas Calling (Jolly Jones)

| writer1 = Norah Jones

| length1 = 3:20

| title2 = Christmas Don't Be Late

| writer2 = Ross Bagdasarian

| length2 = 2:40

| title3 = Christmas Glow

| writer3 = Jones

| length3 = 2:45

| title4 = White Christmas

| writer4 = Irving Berlin

| length4 = 3:05

| title5 = Christmastime

| writer5 = {{hlist|Jones|Leon Michels}}

| length5 = 4:00

| title6 = Blue Christmas

| writer6 = {{hlist|Billy Hayes|Jay W. Johnson}}

| length6 = 3:24

| title7 = It's Only Christmas Once a Year

| writer7 = Jones

| length7 = 2:04

| title8 = You're Not Alone

| writer8 = {{hlist|Jones|Leon Michels}}

| length8 = 3:52

| title9 = Winter Wonderland

| writer9 = {{hlist|Richard B. Smith|Felix Bernard}}

| length9 = 3:32

| title10 = A Holiday with You

| writer10 = Jones

| length10 = 2:40

| title11 = Run Rudolph Run

| writer11 = {{hlist|Johnny Marks|Marvin Brodie}}

| length11 = 3:11

| title12 = Christmas Time Is Here

| writer12 = {{hlist|Lee Mendelson|Vince Guaraldi}}

| length12 = 3:45

| title13 = What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

| writer13 = Frank Loesser

| length13 = 4:03

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Target bonus track{{cite web |title=Norah Jones – I Dream of Christmas (Target Exclusive, CD)|url=https://www.target.com/p/norah-jones-i-dream-of-christmas-target-exclusive-cd/-/A-84228462|website=Target|access-date=November 4, 2021}} / Japanese edition (bonus track){{cite web|url= https://norahjones.jp/disco/uccq-1147/|title=アイ・ドリーム・オブ・クリスマス|publisher=Universal Music Japan|access-date=February 6, 2022|language=ja}}

| total_length = 44:45

| title14 = O Holy Night

| writer14 = Adolphe Adam

| length14 = 2:18

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Amazon deluxe edition bonus tracks

| total_length = 56:01

| title14 = I Dream of Christmas

| writer14 = {{hlist|Jones|Michels}}

| length14 = 3:22

| title15 = The Christmas Waltz

| writer15 = {{hlist| Sammy Cahn|Jule Styne}}

| length15 = 3:17

| title16 = Last Month of the Year

| writer16 = {{hlist|Vera Hall|Ruby Pickens Tartt|Alan Lomax}}

| length16 = 2:51

| title17 = I'll Be Home for Christmas

| writer17 = {{hlist||Buck Ram|Kim Gannon|Walter Kent}}

| length17 = 4:10

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{{Track listing

| headline = 2022 deluxe edition bonus tracks

| title14 = Last Month of the Year

| writer14 = {{hlist|Hall|Pickens Tartt|Lomax}}

| length14 = 2:51

| title15 = I'll Be Home for Christmas

| writer15 = {{hlist|Ram|Gannon|Kent}}

| length15 = 4:10

| title16 = The Christmas Waltz

| writer16 = {{hlist|Cahn|Styne}}

| length16 = 3:17

| title17 = O Holy Night

| writer17 = Adam

| length17 = 2:18

| title18 = I Dream of Christmas

| writer18 = {{hlist|Jones|Michels}}

| length18 = 3:22

| title19 = Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

| writer19 = {{hlist|Ralph Blane|Hugh Martin}}

| length19 = 4:16

| title20 = Christmas in My Soul / Christmastime

| note20 = Live from The Empire State Building

| writer20 = {{hlist|Laura Nyro|Jones|Michels}}

| length20 = 4:49

| title21 = Run Rudolph Run

| note21 = Live from The Empire State Building

| writer21 = {{hlist|Marks|Brodie}}

| length21 = 3:16

| title22 = Blue Christmas

| note22 = Live from The Empire State Building

| writer22 = {{hlist|Billy Hayes|Johnson}}

| length22 = 3:46

| title23 = You're Not Alone

| note23 = Live from The Empire State Building

| writer23 = {{hlist|Jones|Michels}}

| length23 = 3:38

| title24 = Christmas Calling (Jolly Jones)

| note24 = Live from The Empire State Building

| writer24 = Jones

| length24 = 3:15

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class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for I Dream of Christmas ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Peak position
scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/albums-chart/2021-12-27|title=ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=December 27, 2021|access-date=December 24, 2021}} | 16
{{album chart|Austria|6|artist=Norah Jones|album=I Dream of Christmas|rowheader=true|access-date=December 14, 2021}}
{{album chart|Flanders|79|artist=Norah Jones|album=I Dream of Christmas|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2021}}
{{album chart|Wallonia|38|artist=Norah Jones|album=I Dream of Christmas|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2021}}
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|72|artist=Norah Jones|rowheader=true|access-date=December 14, 2021}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|41|artist=Norah Jones|album=I Dream of Christmas|rowheader=true|access-date=December 25, 2021}}
{{album chart|France|141|M|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?semaine=50?&annee=2021&categorie=Top%20Albums|title=Top Albums (Week 50, 2021)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|artist=Norah Jones|album=I Dream of Christmas|rowheader=true|access-date=December 20, 2021}}
{{album chart|Germany4|35|id=486459|artist=Norah Jones|album=I Dream of Christmas|rowheader=true|access-date=December 23, 2021}}
{{album chart|Oricon|29|date=2021-10-25|rowheader=true|access-date=October 20, 2021}}
{{album chart|Portugal|39|artist=Norah Jones|album=I Dream of Christmas|rowheader=true|access-date=November 12, 2021}}
{{album chart|Scotland|89|date=20211022|rowheader=true|access-date=October 23, 2021}}
{{album chart|Switzerland|20|artist=Norah Jones|album=I Dream of Christmas|rowheader=true|access-date=December 28, 2021}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|100|artist=Norah Jones|rowheader=true|access-date=December 28, 2021}}
{{album chart|BillboardHoliday|4|artist=Norah Jones|rowheader=true|access-date=November 24, 2021}}
{{album chart|BillboardJazz|4|artist=Norah Jones|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 20, 2023}}

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class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Year-end chart performance for I Dream of Christmas ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Position
scope="row"| Australian Jazz and Blues Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2021/jazz-blues-albums-chart|title= ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Jazz and Blues Albums 2021|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |accessdate=15 January 2021}} | 7
scope="row"| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria){{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=2021|title=Jahreshitparade Alben 2021|publisher=austriancharts.at|language=de|access-date=January 13, 2022}} | 61

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