<Table> <Tr> <Td> "The Ghetto - Part 1" (1970) </Td> <Td> "This Christmas" (1970) </Td> <Td> "You've Got a Friend" (duet with Roberta Flack) (1971) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "The Ghetto - Part 1" (1970) </Td> <Td> "This Christmas" (1970) </Td> <Td> "You've Got a Friend" (duet with Roberta Flack) (1971) </Td> </Tr> <P> "This Christmas" is a song by American soul musician Donny Hathaway released in 1970 by Atco Records . The song gained renewed interest when it was included in 1991 on Atco Records' revised edition of their 1968 Soul Christmas compilation album and has since become a modern Christmas standard, with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers reporting that it was the 30th most - performed holiday song of all time . </P> <P> Phil Upchurch said the song was "absolutely the premiere holiday song written by an African American". It was written by Hathaway and Nadine McKinnor . </P>

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