Celine's first-ever collection of holiday songs, 'These Are Special Times' is a collaboration of extraordinary talents, including duets with R. Kelly and Andrea Bocelli, plus the virtuoso production work of Celine's longtime partners David Foster and Ric Wake.

Keeping it special, Celine is joined by her family on "Feliz Navidad," and "Les cloches du hameau."

Chart Success:
These Are Special Times is one of the best selling Christmas albums in history, with 11,5 million copies sold worldwide. According to Billboard magazine dated October 31, 2007, These Are Special Times is the second best-selling Christmas album of the Nielsen SoundScan era. Kenny G took the first place with his Miracles: The Holiday Album. On November 20, 2008 These Are Special Times became the first holiday album by a female artist to top the 5 million mark in Nielsen SoundScan history. It has sold 5,006,000 copies. As of December 5, 2008 the album has sold 5,022,000 copies in the U.S. In Canada, These Are Special Times has sold 1 million copies and was certified diamond.

These Are Special Times went to number 1 in Canada (for two weeks), Switzerland (four weeks) and Norway (four weeks), and reached top 10 all over the world. Although number 2 on the Billboard 200, These Are Special Times reached number 1 for nine consecutive weeks on the Billboard Top Holiday Albums. The next year it went also to number 1 for seven consecutive weeks on the Top Pop Catalog Albums.