Album cover. Butterfly / 12-Tone Music (190296823435) (2020)

Dolly Parton
A Holly Dolly Christmas
Butterfly / 12-Tone Music (190296823435)
October 2, 2020

1. ​Holly Jolly Christmas (Johnny Marks) 3:22
2. Christmas Is (featuring Miley Cyrus) (Dolly Parton) 3:17
3. Cuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas (duet with Michael Bublé) (Dolly Parton) 3:39
4. Christmas on the Square (Dolly Parton) 3:15
5. Circle of Love (Dolly Parton) 3:43
6. All I Want for Christmas Is You (duet with Jimmy Fallon) (Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff) 4:05
7. Comin' Home for Christmas* (Dolly Parton, Kent Wells) 4:29
8. Christmas Where We Are (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) (Jada Roberts, Barry Jobe) 3:11
9. Pretty Paper (duet with Willie Nelson) (Willie Nelson) 3:34
10. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Tommie Connor) 2:44
11. You Are My Christmas (featuring Randy Parton) (Dolly Parton) 4:14
12. Mary, Did You Know? (Mark Lowry, Buddy Greene) 4:27

*Previously released as a standalone single in 2009.

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Amazon Exclusive streaming edition bonus tracks
​      13.    The Wish Book (Dolly Parton) 1:32
​      14.    Three Candles (Dolly Parton) 2:29

8-track edition bonus track
​      13.    The Wish Book (Dolly Parton) 1:32

Cassette edition bonus track
​      13.    Three Candles (Dolly Parton) 2:29

Bonus Version bonus track
​      13.    I Still Believe (Performed live on A Holly Dolly Christmas TV Special) (Dolly Parton, Kent Wells) 3:50

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2021 Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
​​​      13.    I Still Believe (Performed live on A Holly Dolly Christmas TV Special) (Dolly Parton, Kent Wells) 3:50
​      14.    Three Candles (Dolly Parton) 2:29
​      15.    The Wish Book (Dolly Parton) 1:32

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2022 Ultimate Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
​      13.    Three Candles (Dolly Parton) 2:29
      14.    The Wish Book (Dolly Parton) 1:32
      15.    Baby, It's Cold Outside   Rod Stewart featuring Dolly Parton (Frank Loesser) 3:50
      16.    Something Bigger Than Me (Steve Dorff, Marty Panzer) 3:56
      17.    A Smoky Mountain Christmas (Dolly Parton) 2:10
      18.    (I'd Like to Spend) Christmas with Santa (Bill Owens) 2:13
      19.    Wrapped Up in You (Dolly Parton) 2:33
      20.   Silent Night (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) 3:13

Notes:

• Tracks 13 and 14 were previously released on the Amazon Exclusive streaming edition, 8-track edition (13), cassette edition (14), and the 2021 Deluxe Edition of the album.
• Track 15 was originally released on Rod Stewart's 2004 album Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III.
• Tracks 17-19 are the recordings featured in the 1986 TV movie A Smoky Mountain Christmas, but this marks their first commercial release.
• Tracks 16 and 20 were originally released on the 1997 soundtrack album Annabelle's Wish.

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Personnel

Credits are adapted from the original album liner notes, the 2022 Ultimate Deluxe Edition, and TIDAL.

Original album

Performance

• Roy Agee – tenor trombone, bass trombone, orchestration
• David Angell – violin
• Monisa Angell – violin
• Michael Bublé – lead vocals
• Wei Tsun Chang – violin
• ​Dennis Crouch – upright bass
• Billy Ray Cyrus – lead vocals
• Miley Cyrus – lead vocals
• Janet Darnell – violin
• David Davidson – violin, viola, orchestration
• Michael Davis – keys, B3, orchestrations, percussion
• ​Richard Dennison – piano, background vocals
• Jimmy Fallon – lead vocals
• Chris Farrell – viola
• Lloyd Green – steel guitar
• Vicki Hampton – background vocals
• ​Tom Hoey – drums, percussion
• Paul Hollowell – piano, B3
• Sam Levine – saxophone, flute, clarinet, orchestration
• ​Gary Lunn – bass, upright bass

• Steve Mackey – bass
• Jimmy Mattingly – fiddle, mandolin
• Aaron McCune – background vocals
• ​Paul Nelson – cello
• Willie Nelson – lead vocals
• Jennifer O'Brien – background vocals
• Dolly Parton – lead vocals
• ​Heidi Parton – harmony vocals
• Randy Parton – lead vocals
• Stefan Petrescu – violin
• ​Carole Rabinowitz – cello
• Sarighani Reist – cello
• Tom Rutledge – acoustic guitar
• Steve Turner – drums, percussion
• Mary Kathryn Vanosdale – violin
• Darrin Vincent – background vocals
• Rhonda Vincent – mandolin, background vocals
• Kent Wells – electric guitar, nylon string guitar, guitars, percussion, banjo, programming
• Karen Winkelmann – violin

Production

• Lakieta Bagwell-Graves – background vocal arrangement
• ​Michael Bublé – vocal arrangement
• Steve Chadie – engineer
• ​Joey Crawford – engineer
• Cynthia Daniels – engineer
• ​David Davidson – orchestral arrangement
• ​Jim DeMain – mastering
• ​Richard Dennison – producer, vocal arrangements
• Kyle Dickinson – editing, assistant engineer
• Kat Elfman – production assistant
• Ryan Enockson – engineer
• Jamie Graves – vocal recording
• Paul David Hager – Miley vocal engineer
• Chris Latham – editing, vocal editing​

• Kam Luchterhand – assistant engineer
• Parker Lyons – assistant engineer
• Andrew Mayer – assistant engineer
• Joel McKenney – assistant engineer
• Patrick Murphy – tracking engineer
• Mark Needham – mixing
• Dolly Parton – executive producer
• Taylor Pollert – orchestra engineer
• Tom Rutledge – producer, engineer
• Cody Simpson – Miley vocal tracking engineer
• Tyler Spratt – editing
• Adam Wathen – assistant engineer
• ​Kent Wells – producer, overdubs
• Kevin Willis – engineer, editing, tracking enginee

Other personnel

• Hillary Adcock – seamstress
• Stacie Huckeba – photography
• Iisha Lemming – master draper
• Vance Nichols – set design
• Riley Reed – seamstress
• Cheryl Riddle – hair
• ​J.B. Rowland – art direction
• Rebecca Seaver – production
• Steve Summers – costume designer

Amazon Exclusive streaming edition bonus tracks

This section includes credits for "The Wish Book" and "Three Candles"

• Richard Dennison – keyboards, piano, harmony vocals, background vocals, producer
• Vicki Hampton – background vocals
• Tom Hoey – drums, percussion
• Jimmy Mattingly – mandolin
• Patrick Murphy – recording engineer
• Jennifer O'Brien – background vocals
• Dolly Parton – lead vocals
• Tom Rutledge – bass, acoustic guitar, producer, recording engineer

Bonus Version bonus track

This section includes credits for "I Still Believe"

• Jim DeMain - mastering
• Richard Dennison – background vocals
• Kyle Dickinson – engineer
• Kat Elfman – production assistant
• Vicki Hampton – background vocals
• Paul Hollowell – piano, keyboards
• Even Hutchings – drums
• Chris Latham - editing
• Gary Lunn – bass

• ​Mark Needham – mixing
• Jennifer O'Brien – background vocals
• Dolly Parton - lead vocals
• Tyler Spratt – mixing assistant
• Adam Wathen – assistant engineer
• Kent Wells – guitar, keyboards, programming, engineer
• Kevin Willis – engineer

2022 Ultimate Deluxe Edition bonus tracks

This section includes credits for "Baby, It's Cold Outside", "Something Bigger Than Me", "A Smoky Mountain Christmas",
​"(I'd Like to Spend) Christmas with Santa",  "Wrapped Up in You", and "Silent Night".

Performance

• Ken Ashcer – piano, keyboards, synthesizer
  
• ​Roberto Cani – violin
• Bob Cranshaw – bass
• Franklyn D'Antonio – violin
  
• ​​Brian Denbow – viola
  
• Bruce Dukoa – violin
  
• Stephen Erdody – cello
• Bob Getter – bass
• Julie Gigante – violin
  
• Steve Goldstein – piano
• Endre Granat – violin
  
• Janet Lakatos – viola
• ​Ana Landauer – violin
  
• Tim Landauer – cello
  
• David Low – cello
  
• Bob Mann – guitar, keyboards, synthesizer
• Edie Markman – violin
• Michael Markman – violin
• Jorge Moraga – viola

• Dan Neufeld – viola
• Simon Oswell – viola
• Dolly Parton – lead vocals
• Al Perkins – steel guitar
• Robert Peterson – violin
• David Platshon – drums
• Katia Popov – violin
• Barbara Porter – violin
• Steve Richards – cello
• Matt Rollings – piano
• ​Gil Romero – violin
• Nancy Roth – viola
• Allan Schwartzberg – bass
• Haim Shtrum – violin
• Rod Stewart – lead vocals
• Rick Vito – guitar
• David Walther – viola
• Kenneth Yerke – violin

Production

• John Allen – production coordinator
• Helen Atkinson – engineer
• ​Darwin Best – engineer
  
• ​Steve Buckingham – producer
• Raj Das – engineer
• Jim DeMain – mastering
• ​Steve Dorff - string arrangement
• Doug Epstein – engineer
• Bobby Ginsburg - recording engineer
• Steve Goldstein – producer
• Larry Herbstritt – string arrangement
• Bob Mann – arrangement

• Michael Markman – concertmaster
• Mark Needham – mixing
• ​Gary Paczosa - recording engineer
• Dolly Parton – executive producer
• ​Ryan Petrie – assistant recording engineer
• Matt Rowlings – producer
• Bill Schnee – strings recording engineer
• Michael Teaney – engineer
• Alli Truch – creative director
• Steve Tyrell – engineer
• Andy Zulla – mixing engineer

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Releases

FORMAT / TITLE / LABEL & CATALOG # / REGION / RELEASE DATE (MM-DD-YYYY)​

• CD / A Holly Dolly Christmas / Butterfly; 12-Tone Music 190296823435 / US / 10-02-2020
• CD / A Holly Dolly Christmas / Butterfly; 12-Tone Music 190296823015 / US / 10-02-2020 (green cover, Target exclusive)
• Digital download / A Holly Dolly Christmas / Butterfly; 12-Tone Music / Various / 10-02-2020
• Streaming / A Holly Dolly Christmas / Butterfly; 12-Tone Music / Various /10-02-2020
• Streaming / A Holly Dolly Christmas / Butterfly; 12-Tone Music / Various /10-02-2020 (Spotify exclusive with video content)
• Streaming / A Holly Dolly Christmas (Amazon Exclusive) / Butterfly; 12-Tone Music / Various /10-06-2020 (Amazon exclusive with two bonus tracks)
• LP / A Holly Dolly Christmas / Butterfly; 12-Tone Music 190296821790 / US / 11-13-2020 (red opaque, Dolly's online store exclusive)
• LP / A Holly Dolly Christmas / Butterfly; 12-Tone Music 190296819902 / US / 11-13-2020 (peppermint, Magnolia Record Club exclusive)
• LP / A Holly Dolly Christmas / Butterfly; 12-Tone Music 190296819902 / US / 11-13-2020 (green transparent, Dolly's online store exclusive)
• LP / A Holly Dolly Christmas / Butterfly; 12-Tone Music 190296821790 / US / 11-13-2020 (gold opaque, Dolly's online store exclusive)
• LP / A Holly Dolly Christmas / Butterfly; 12-Tone Music 190296823121 / UK / 11-13-2020 (white transparent; UK Amazon exclusive)
• 8-track / A Holly Dolly Christmas / Butterfly; 12-Tone Music 190296812194 / US / 11-13-2020 (black, Amazon exclusive with one bonus track)
• 8-track / A Holly Dolly Christmas / Butterfly; 12-Tone Music 190296812194 / US / 11-13-2020 (cream, Amazon exclusive with one bonus track)
• ​Cassette / A Holly Dolly Christmas / Butterfly; 12-Tone Music 190296812231 / US / 11-13-2020 (Amazon exclusive with one bonus track)
• Digital download / A Holly Dolly Christmas (Bonus Version) / Butterfly; 12-Tone Music / Various /12-04-2020
• Streaming / A Holly Dolly Christmas (Bonus Version) / Butterfly; 12-Tone Music / Various /12-04-2020
• LP / A Holly Dolly Christmas / Butterfly; 12-Tone Music 190296759444 / US / 2021 (Walmart exclusive)
• Digital download / A Holly Dolly Christmas (Deluxe Edition) / Butterfly; Warner / Various / 10-29-2021 (Digital exclusive with three bonus tracks)
• Streaming / A Holly Dolly Christmas (Deluxe Edition) / Butterfly; Warner / Various / 10-20-2021 (Digital exclusive with three bonus tracks)
• 2xLP / A Holly Dolly Christmas (Ultimate Deluxe Edition) / Butterfly; Warner 093624873174 / US / 10-14-2022
• CD / A Holly Dolly Christmas (Ultimate Deluxe Edition) / Butterfly; Warner 093624870272 / Various / 10-14-2022
• Digital download / A Holly Dolly Christmas (Ultimate Deluxe Edition) / Butterfly; Warner / Various / 10-14-2022
• Streaming / A Holly Dolly Christmas (Ultimate Deluxe Edition) / Butterfly; Warner / Various / 10-14-2022
• LP / A Holly Dolly Christmas / Butterfly; 12-Tone 190296759444 / Butterfly; 12-Tone Music / US / 2022 (solid white, Walmart exclusive)