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{{Infobox album
| name       = The Christmas EP
| type       = EP
| artist     = [[Richard Marx]]
| cover      = The_christmas_ep.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = November 1, 2011
| recorded   = Renegade Studio, Blackbird Studios
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length     = 17:17
| label      = Zanzibar Records, TourDeForce Productions
| producer   = Richard Marx
| prev_title = [[Duo Live]]
| prev_year  = 2010
| next_title = [[Inside My Head]]
| next_year  = 2012
}}
'''''The Christmas EP''''' is a Christmas album by musician [[Richard Marx]]. It was released on November 1, 2011 with the intention of recording an additional seven songs to add to the five songs to make a full-length album for release in 2012, which would become [[Christmas Spirit (Richard Marx album)|Christmas Spirit]].<ref>Music Producer Richard Marx: 'The Playboy Club' Felt 'Doomed From the Start'. The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-producer-richard-marx-playboy-252004</ref>
It was his 23rd overall album, with the lead-off single "Christmas Spirit" being his 32nd single.  The track reached #15 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'''s Adult Contemporary chart in December, giving Marx back-to-back Top 20 AC hits in 2011 (his first time since 1997).
==Track listing==
#"Christmas Spirit" (Marx, [[Fee Waybill|Waybill]])
#"[[O Holy Night]]" ([[Adolphe Adam]], [[Placide Cappeau]])
#"[[Silent Night]]" (duet with [[Sara Watkins]]) ([[Franz Xaver Gruber]], [[Joseph Mohr]])
#"[[I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day|I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day]]" ([[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]], [[Johnny Marks]])
#"Alleluia" ([[Larry Gatlin]])
==Album credits==
===Personnel===
*Steve Brewster – drums
*Cliff Colnot – string arrangements
*Mark Hill – bass guitar
*Brandon Marx – guitars, drums, background vocals
*Jesse Marx – keyboards, background vocals
*Lucas Marx – guitars, background vocals
*[[Richard Marx]] – producer, writer, arrangements, lead vocals, acoustic guitar
*Jerry McPherson – electric guitar
*Jason Webb – keyboards, piano
*[[Michael Omartian]] – piano
*[[Sara Watkins]] – lead vocals
*[[Fee Waybill]] – writer
===Background Vocals===
*Opal Staples
*Simbryt Whittington
===Engineers===
*Chip Matthews
*Justin Niebank
*Matthew Prock
*Benny Quinn
==References==
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[[Category:2011 EPs]]
[[Category:2011 Christmas albums]]
[[Category:Pop Christmas albums]]
[[Category:Christmas albums by American artists]]
[[Category:Richard Marx albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Richard Marx]]
[[Category:Self-released EPs]]
[[Category:Christmas EPs]]