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A Faithful Christmas
A Faithful Christmas
Studio album by Faith Evans
Released	October 25, 2005
Genre	Christmas; R&B;
Length	40:04
Label	Capitol
Producer	PJ Morton; Kowan "Q" Paul; Todd Russaw; Gil Smith II; Tim Stewart;
Faith Evans chronology

A Faithful Christmas is a Christmas album and the fifth studio album by American recording artist Faith Evans, released on October 25, 2005, by Capitol Records. Work on the album began in mid-2005 after the release of her fourth studio album The First Lady. A collection of holiday songs, it contains standards such as "White Christmas" and "Santa Baby" alongside two new compositions, "Happy Holiday" and "Christmas Wish", both of which were written by Evans and her daughter Chyna Griffin.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B−^[1]
People	^[3]

The album received generally mixed reviews from critics. In his review for Allmusic, Andy Kellman from wrote that the album sounded "very uneven and hastily thrown together." He criticized A Faithful Christmas for switching between "thoroughly modern" and classic Christmas songs, calling Evans's original material on the album "spirited but bland." He however praised her "straightforward version" of "The Day That Love Began."^[2] Chris Willman from Entertainment Weekly found that "some of her beat-heavy originals are Faith-based fun [but] misses include an old James Brown Xmas tune with way more 'Good Gods!' than any non-Godfather should attempt."^[1] People magazine writer Chuck Arnold felt that "the girliness of "Santa Baby" and playfulness of Frank Sinatra's "Mistletoe and Holly" don't suit [Evans]. More fittingly, the CD closes with "O Come All Ye Faithful."^[3]

Track listing

*The First Lady* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Happy Holiday"	Faith Evans Chyna T. Griffin	Todd Russaw Kowan "Q" Paul Gil Smith II	5:19
2.	"The Day That Love Began"	Ron Miller Deborah Wells	Russaw PJ Morton	3:26
3.	"Soulful Christmas"	James Brown Alfred Ellis Hank Ballard	Russaw Paul Smith	3:06
4.	"Santa Baby"	Joan Javits Philip Springer Tony Springer	Russaw Paul Smith Tim Stewart	3:19
5.	"Merry Christmas Baby"	Lou Baxter Johnny Moore	Russaw Paul Stewart	4:33
6.	"Mistletoe and Holly"	Frank Sinatra Dok Stanford Hank Sanicola	Russaw Paul	2:16
7.	"Christmas Wish"	Evans Griffin Lou Baxter Johnny Dudley Moore Toni Coleman	Russaw Paul	3:31
8.	"Christmas Song"	Robert Wells Mel Tormé	Russaw Paul Smith Stewart	3:35
9.	"This Christmas"	Nadine McKinnor Donny Pitts	Russaw Paul	3:51
10.	"White Christmas"	Irving Berlin	Russaw Paul Smith	3:26
11.	"O Come, All ye Faithful"	John Francis Wade	Russaw Paul Smith	3:37
Total length:				40:04

Sample credits

"Soulful Christmas" contains a sample of the recording "Soulful Christmas" as performed by James Brown.
"Christmas Wish" samples from "Merry Christmas Baby" as performed by James Brown.