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Single cover. Butterfly / 12-Tone Music (digital single) (2020)
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" is a single by Dolly Parton. It was released on September 15, 2020, by Butterfly Records and 12-Tone Music as the second single from her forty-seventh solo studio album, A Holly Dolly Christmas. The song was written by Tommie Connor and originally recorded by Jimmy Boyd in 1952. Dolly's version was produced by Kent Wells.

Track listing

  • I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Tommie Connor) 2:44

Recording

"I Saw Mommy Missing Santa Claus" was recorded at Sound Stage Studios in Nashville, Tennessee and Kent Wells Productions in Franklin, Tennessee.

Audio

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the A Holly Dolly Christmas liner notes.
Performance
  • Dennis Crouch – upright bass
  • Michael Davis – keys, B3, percussion
  • Richard Dennison – background vocals
  • Lloyd Green – steel guitar
  • Vicki Hampton – background vocals
  • Paul Hollowell – piano
  • Jimmy Mattingly – fiddle
  • Jennifer O'Brien – background vocals
  • Dolly Parton – lead vocals
  • Tom Rutledge – acoustic guitar
  • Steve Turner – drums, percussion
  • Kent Wells – electric guitar
Production
  • ​Jim DeMain – mastering
  • Kat Elfman – production assistant
  • Chris Latham – editing
  • Kam Luchterhand – assistant engineer
  • Patrick Murphy – tracking engineer
  • Mark Needham – mixing
  • Tyler Spratt – editing
  • Kent Wells – producer
  • Kevin Willis – engineer, editing