| Leroy Carr | Composer |
| Walter Davis | Composer |
| Lonnie Johnson | Composer |
| Roosevelt Sykes | Composer |
| Elzadie Robinson | Composer |
| Joe Stone | Contributor |
| Sonny Boy Williamson I | Composer |
| Jimmy Witherspoon | Composer |
| Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey | Composer |
| Dave Dexter Jr. | Composer |
| Reverend J.M. Gates | Contributor |
| Gary Atkinson | Producer |
| Joe Josea | Composer |
| Red Burns | Composer |
| Monroe Tucker | Composer |
| Andrew Hogg | Composer |
| B.K. Turner | Composer |
| Willie Blackwell | Composer |
| Unidentified Prisoner | Composer |
| Herbie Miles | Composer |
| Traditional | Composer |
| The Cats & the Fiddle | Composer |
| Rev. A.W. Nix | Contributor |
| Doug Byers | Contributor |
| Rolf Beleman | Contributor |
| Albert Elam | Contributor |
| Adam Green | Contributor |
| Jeff Harris | Liner Notes |
| Kevin Witt | Graphic Design |
Editorial Reviews
All Music Guide - Steve Leggett
Christmas and the blues might seem at first like a strange combination, given that the music of the holiday season is usually joyful, hopeful, and bright, but no other time of the year is so good at showing you what you don't have, and what you can't get, and if you have the blues at Christmas, well, it's going to be a pretty heavy dose. This generous two-disc set from Document Records features 52 tracks of vintage African-American Christmas-themed blues and gospel pieces with a couple of street sermons thrown in recorded between 1925 and 1955, ranging from down-and-out laments and jailhouse moans to surprising and occasionally risqué requests for what Santa can bring ...