High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Merry Christmas is a holiday album and fourth studio album by American singer Mariah Carey. Released by Columbia Records on November 1, 1994, the album features both cover versions of popular Christmas tunes, including some original material. On the album, Carey worked with Walter Afanasieff, with whom she wrote all of the original tracks, as well as producing Carey`s interpretations of many holiday classics. With the release of Merry Christmas, Carey proved herself to be an entertainer, not just a pop singer, as many began to speculate. The album contained a contemporary holiday theme, and featured "authentic, gospel flavored background vocals."