Chants et contes de Noël

Chants et contes de Noël
Chants et contes de Noël
Studio album by Celine Dion
Released	3 December 1983
Recorded	1981–1983
Studio	Montmartre (Paris); St-Charles (Longueuil);
Genre	Christmas
Length	38:17
Language	French
Label	Saisons
Producer	René Angélil; Eddy Marnay; Rudi Pascal; Anne Renée;
Celine Dion chronology
Singles from Chants et contes de Noël
	"Un enfant"; Released: December 1983;

Chants et contes de Noël (transl. "Christmas songs and tales") is the fifth studio album and second Christmas album by Canadian singer Celine Dion. It was released in Quebec, Canada on 3 December 1983, through Saisons and distributed by Trans-Canada Disques. The album includes Christmas songs, children's stories, and "À quatre pas d'ici", a French version of Bucks Fizz's "The Land of Make Believe". Chants et contes de Noël reached number 17 on the chart in Quebec.

Background and conception

Released three months after Les chemins de ma maison, Chants et contes de Noël is an album dedicated to children and the magic of the holidays.^[1] The cover shows Dion surrounded by her nephews and nieces.^[1] On the album, Dion reads three children's stories ("Pourquoi je crois encore au Père Noël", "Céline et Pinotte", and "Le conte de Karine") and sings three classic Christmas songs ("Promenade en traîneau", "Joyeux Noël", and "Glory Alleluia", all originally released on Céline Dion chante Noël in 1981).^[2] Two other tracks on the album are "Un enfant" by Jacques Brel and the pop song "À quatre pas d'ici", a French version of the British hit "The Land of Make Believe" by the band Bucks Fizz.^[3]

Track listing

*Chants et contes de Noël* track listing^[4]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Un enfant"	Jacques Brel Gérard Jouannest	René Angélil	2:57
2.	"Promenade en traîneau"	Leroy Anderson Mitchell Parish	Angélil	2:53
3.	"Pourquoi je crois encore au Père Noël" (conte)	Yvan Ducharme Alain Noreau	Anne Renée Angélil	5:44
4.	"Joyeux Noël"	Mel Tormé Robert Wells	Angélil	2:38
5.	"Céline et Pinotte" (conte)	Ducharme Noreau	Renée Angélil	6:14
6.	"À quatre pas d'ici"	Eddy Marnay Peter Sinfield Andy Hill	Marnay Rudi Pascal	3:58
7.	"Le conte de Karine" (conte)	Ducharme Noreau	Renée Angélil	10:18
8.	"Glory Alleluia"	André Pascal	Angélil	3:35
Total length:				38:17

Notes

"Promenade en traîneau", "Joyeux Noël", and "Glory Alleluia" were originally released on Céline Dion chante Noël (1981).
"À quatre pas d'ici" is a French cover of "The Land of Make Believe" (1981) by Bucks Fizz.

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Quebec Albums (ADISQ)^[5]	17

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Ref.
Canada	3 December 1983	Saisons	Cassette vinyl LP	SNS 490002 SNS 90002	^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Music: Chants et contes de Noël". Feeling Productions Inc. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
^ "Music: Céline Dion chante Noël". Feeling Productions Inc. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
^ Glatzer, Jenna (2005). Céline Dion: For Keeps. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 0-7407-5559-5.
^ Chants et contes de Noël (booklet). Celine Dion. Saisons. 1983. SNS 90002.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Palmarès des ventes d'albums au Québec" (in French). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

External links

Chants et contes de Noël at Discogs (list of releases)

[Feeling_Productions-1] "Music: Chants et contes de Noël". Feeling Productions Inc. Retrieved 13 October 2025.

[2] "Music: Céline Dion chante Noël". Feeling Productions Inc. Retrieved 15 October 2025.

[3] Glatzer, Jenna (2005). Céline Dion: For Keeps. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 0-7407-5559-5.

[4] Chants et contes de Noël (booklet). Celine Dion. Saisons. 1983. SNS 90002.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[5] "Palmarès des ventes d'albums au Québec" (in French). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

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