Christmas in the Heart

Christmas in the Heart
Studio album by Bob Dylan
Released	October 13, 2009 (2009-10-13)
Recorded	May 2009
Studio	Groove Masters, Santa Monica, California[1]
Genre	Christmas music
Length	42:21
Language	English, Latin on O Come, All Ye Faithful
Label	Columbia
Producer	Jack Frost (Bob Dylan's pseudonym)
Bob Dylan chronology
Together Through Life (2009) Christmas in the Heart (2009) The Bootleg Series Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 (2010)
Singles from Christmas in the Heart
"Must Be Santa" Released: November 2009

Christmas in the Heart is the thirty-fourth studio album and first Christmas album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on October 13, 2009, by Columbia Records. The album comprises a collection of hymns, carols, and popular Christmas songs. All Dylan's royalties from the sale of this album benefit the charities Feeding America in the USA, Crisis in the UK, and the World Food Programme in perpetuity.^[2]

Dylan said that, although he was born and raised Jewish (he converted to Christianity in the late 1970s), he never felt left out of Christmas during his childhood in Minnesota. Regarding the popularity of Christmas music, he said, "... it's so worldwide and everybody can relate to it in their own way".^[3]

The album opened at No. 1 on the Billboard Holiday Album chart, No. 5 on the Folk Album chart, No. 10 on the Rock Album chart and No. 23 on the overall album charts. As with most of Dylan's 21st century output, he produced it himself under the pseudonym Jack Frost.