Estefan Family Christmas Songwriting Credits by Gloria Estefan

Thirteen of the seventeen tracks were written by people outside the family, which is what a Christmas record usually looks like once you read the credit lines instead of the cover. The Estefan writing sits on two songs: "Thankful," credited to Gloria, Emily and Sasha, and Emily's ballad "When I Miss You Most," written with Jon Secada, Rachel Perry and Willy Perez Feria. Their Spanish versions carry the same credits, and Gloria takes a lyric adaptation credit on "Quisiera Yo Ser Santa Claus," the Spanish rendering of a Paul Williams song from a Muppets Christmas special. The messiest credit line is "Run, Little St. Nick," which folds "Little Saint Nick" into "Run Rudolph Run" and therefore pays two copyrights and four writers: Mike Love and Brian Wilson for one, Johnny Marks and Marvin Brodie for the other. Production splits the same way the family did: Gloria produced, Shelly Berg arranged, played piano and co-produced, Emily and Sasha took associate producer credits, and Emilio Estefan Jr. was executive producer.