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Studio album by George Winston
Released 1982
Recorded September/October 1982
Studio Different Fur, San Francisco, California
Genre
Folkambientnew ageChristmas
Length 38:54
45:25 (20th Anniversary Edition)
Label Windham Hill, Dancing Cat (rerelease)
Producer William Ackerman
George Winston
George Winston chronology
Winter into Spring
(1982) December
(1982) The Velveteen Rabbit
(1984)
ecember is the fourth solo piano album from George Winston. It was recorded during the fall of 1982 and was released at the end of the year. It is a Christmas album, and more generally a tribute to the winter season. The album is a follow-up to Winter into Spring from earlier in 1982.

December is Winston`s highest-selling album, having been certified triple Platinum by the RIAA, signifying 3 million copies in shipment.[2] The success of the album, along with several of Winston`s other albums from the early 1980s, enabled the record label, Windham Hill, to get international distribution and a higher profile.[3] The album also spent 136 weeks on the Billboard 200, reaching a peak of No. 54 in January 1984, over a year after its original release.[4] In 1987, five years after its release, it reached No. 2 on Billboard`s Top Holiday Albums chart.[5]

A 20th Anniversary Edition of the album, with two bonus tracks, was released in 2001. The album was again reissued in 2013 by Valley Entertainment with Dancing Cat Records, Winston`s own label. This reissue was packaged in a Digipak and features revised cover art.[6]

Track listing
All tracks are written by George Winston, except where noted

Side One
No. Title Writer(s) Liner notes by Winston Length
1. `Thanksgiving` Inspired by friends and places of Miles City, Montana 4:04
2. `Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head` John Jacob Niles Originally an Appalachian carol of the late 1800s 2:40
3. `Joy` J. S. Bach, arr. by David Qualey Inspired by an arrangement by guitarist David Qualey 3:13
4. `Prelude` Inspired by American Peanuts jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi 1:16
5. `Carol of the Bells` M. D. Leontovych; arr. by George Winston 3:56
6. `Night, Part One: Snow` 1:51
7. `Night, Part Two: Midnight` 1:56
8. `Night, Part Three: Minstrels` Malcolm Dalglish Inspired by St. Basil`s Hymn, a traditional Greek children`s New Year`s carol based upon a rendition by American hammered dulcimer player Malcolm Dalglish, from his album Thunderhead (1982) 2:00
Side Two
No. Title Writer(s) Liner notes by Winston Length
9. `Variations on the Kanon by Johann Pachelbel` Johann Pachelbel; arr. by George Winston 5:21
10. `The Holly and the Ivy` Traditional; arr. by George Winston 4:52
11. `Some Children See Him` Alfred S. Burt One of 15 carols Burt wrote as gifts for friends. The piece was originally a song with lyrics by Wilha Hutson. 3:43
12. `Peace` 4:02
Total length: 38:54

Personnel
Credits adapted from 1982 vinyl liner notes.

George Winston — piano
Additional
Anne Ackerman, William Ackerman — cover design
Karen Kirsch, Steven Miller — sound engineers
Jack Hunt — mastering
Greg Edmonds — photography