Grown-Up Christmas List (1990)

David Foster(M)
Linda Thompson-Jenner (L)


From Wikipedia:

The first recording was 1990 on David Fosters album "River of Love"

The song was also released as a single

Amy Grant recorded it in 1992 and became a lot airplay.

The song is about a visit with Santa Claus by an adult who does not ask Santa for anything material for Christmas, but rather nothing but good things for all humanity.

                                                                                          

The original version by David Foster with Natalie Cole also appeared on Foster's 1993 holiday set, The Christmas Album.

In 2003, former American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson performed "Grown-Up Christmas List" on the show's Christmas special, which resulted in renewed airplay of the song during the holiday season that year.                                                                                                                                                                                                      

A&M Records released a music video for Amy Grant's recording of the song, featuring an appearance by Grant's son, Matthew Chapman. Grant's version is the one most people associate with the song. song.
The 2000 version by Monica also contains a second verse penned by Thompson-Jenner. Kelly Clarkson's 2003 version was the first version to make any of Billboard's singles chart; her rendition peaked at no. 17 on the Hot Adult Contemporary chart during the Christmas holiday season of 2003-2004. Miguel's cover was recorded in Spanish as "Mi Humilde Oración" for his album Navidades and it peaked at No. 37 on the Billboard Latin Pop Songs chart.                                                                                                                                                                                                     

The original version of Grant's single failed to enter any of the Billboard charts. Clarkson's version entered the Adult Contemporary chart in 2003 where it spent five weeks on the chart.                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Other recordings are:

    Bryan Duncan (1995)
    Stephanie Beaumont (1995)
    Chuck Negron (1996)
    B.J. Thomas (1997)
    Donny Osmond (1998)
    Monica (2000)[5]
    Barbra Streisand (2001)
    Ginette Reno (2002)[7]
    Michael Bublé (2003)
    Kelly Clarkson (2003)
    Lea Salonga (2004)
    The Manhattan Transfer (2005)
    Jane Monheit (2005)
    Regine Velasquez (2005)
    Rene Froger (2005)
    Clay Aiken (2006)
    Ayaka Hirahara (2006)
    Luis Miguel (2006)
    Boney James (2007)
    Ayla Brown (2007)
    Jed Madela (2007)
    Aretha Franklin (2008)
    Kyla (2008)
    Kanami Ayano (2008)
    Martin Nievera (2008)
    Rissi Palmer (2008)
    Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus (2008)
    Rodney Carrington (2009)
    Joe (2009)
    Charice (2010)
    The Veronicas (2010)
    Trijntje Oosterhuis (2010)
    Richard Poon (2011)
    Elena Nordé & Syllabus the Don (2012)
    Ailee (2012)
    Ali Lohan (from the album Lohan Holiday) (2006)
    Linda Eder (2013)

Here the original: 

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