Heart Presents a Lovemongers' Christmas

Heart Presents a Lovemongers' Christmas is a Christmas album and the twelfth studio album by American rock band Heart. It was originally released under the title Here Is Christmas on October 20, 1998, by 2b Music, serving as the second album of the Lovemongers, a side project involving Ann and Nancy Wilson, their longtime friend and collaborator Sue Ennis and Frank Cox.

Heart Presents a Lovemongers' Christmas
Studio album by Heart
Released	November 20, 2001
Recorded	July 1997–July 1998
Studio	Stepping Stone, Seattle, Washington Studio X, Seattle, Washington Take One (Burbank, California)
Genre	Christmas
Length	36:02
Label	Beyond Music
Producer	Lovemongers
Heart chronology
Greatest Hits: 1985–1995 (2000) Heart Presents a Lovemongers' Christmas (2001) The Essential Heart (2002)
Lovemongers chronology
Whirlygig (1997) Here Is Christmas (1998)
Here Is Christmas cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	(original release)
AllMusic
antiMusic

On November 20, 2001, Beyond Music re-released Here Is Christmas as a Heart album with the same track listing and new artwork. The album was reissued on November 16, 2004, by Sovereign Artists with a different cover and two bonus tracks—"Mary" and "Let's Stay In".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Here Is Christmas"	Ann Wilson Nancy Wilson Richie Zito	4:11
2.	"Balulalow"	James Wedderburn John Wedderburn Robert Wedderburn	1:18
3.	"Christmas Waits"	A. Wilson Sue Ennis N. Wilson	3:06
4.	"William and Rose"	A. Wilson Ennis	3:54
5.	"Ave Maria"	Franz Schubert A. Wilson (ad.) N. Wilson (ad.)	4:49
6.	"How Beautiful"	A. Wilson Ennis N. Wilson Frank Cox	5:28
7.	"The Last Noel"	Cox	4:21
8.	"It's Christmas Time"	A. Wilson Ennis N. Wilson Cox	3:37
9.	"Oh Holy Night!"	Adolphe Adam	3:20
10.	"Bring a Torch"	Traditional	1:58
Total length:			36:02

2004 reissue

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Here Is Christmas"	A. Wilson N. Wilson Zito	4:12
2.	"Christmas Waits"	A. Wilson Ennis N. Wilson	3:08
3.	"Mary"	Patty Griffin	4:50
4.	"How Beautiful"	A. Wilson Ennis N. Wilson Cox	5:29
5.	"William and Rose"	A. Wilson Ennis	3:56
6.	"Let's Stay In"	A. Wilson Ennis	3:27
7.	"Balulalow"	James Wedderburn John Wedderburn R. Wedderburn	1:19
8.	"Ave Maria"	Schubert A. Wilson (ad.) N. Wilson (ad.)	4:51
9.	"The Last Noel"	Cox	4:23
10.	"It's Christmas Time"	A. Wilson Ennis N. Wilson Cox	3:38
11.	"Oh Holy Night!"	Adam	3:19
12.	"Bring a Torch"	Traditional	1:57
Total length:			44:29

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Heart Presents a Lovemongers' Christmas and its 2004 reissue.

Lovemongers

• Ann Wilson
• Nancy Wilson
• Sue Ennis
• Frank Cox
• Ben Smith

Additional musicians

• Brad Allison – flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
• Dewey Marler – clarinet, flute
• Mary Frank – concert harp
• Probyn Gregory – flugelhorn (2004 reissue)
• Craig Bartock – additional guitars on "Mary" and "Let's Stay In"

Technical

• Lovemongers – production
• Daniel Mendez – engineering
• Sig Skaylan – second engineer
• Eric Oz – second engineer
• Mark Guenther – mastering at Seattle Disc Mastering (2001 release)
• Craig Bartock – engineering (2004 reissue)
• Ghian Wright – second engineer (2004 reissue); production on "Mary" and "Let's Stay In"
• Nancy Wilson – production on "Mary" and "Let's Stay In"

Artwork

• Klaus Whitley – album art, design, back cover photo (2004 reissue)
• Nancy Wilson – cover photo (2004 reissue)