These Are Special Times is the seventeenth studio album and sixth English‑language release by Canadian singer Celine Dion, and her first English‑language Christmas album. It was released in Europe on 30 October 1998 by Columbia Records and in the United States on 3 November 1998 by Epic Records. The album contains renditions of established Christmas songs as well as several original recordings, including "I'm Your Angel" and "The Prayer". Dion worked mainly with producers David Foster and Ric Wake, who were responsible for most of the album's production.