Snowflakes is the first Christmas album (fourth overall) by American R&B singer–songwriter Toni Braxton, released in the United States on October 23, 2001 by Arista Records. Along with the traditional Christmas songs "The Christmas Song" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and a cover of Vince Guaraldi's 1962 song "Christmas Time Is Here", the album contains original songs which focus not only on Christmas, but also on love. Braxton was newly married and expecting her first child while making the album. In the US the album sold 247,939 copies as of February 2012. Worldwide it sold 538,000 copies.