It is the highest selling album in the Chip Davis/Mannheim Steamroller music catalog.

[2] When selecting the tracks, Chip Davis had requested of fans to submit three of their favorite Christmas songs.

He then tabulated the results and sent a note of thanks and a copy of the album to those fans who had a song selected.

[3] On June 21, 2004, A Fresh Aire Christmas was certified by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of six million copies in the United States, making it one of the best-selling holiday albums in the U.S.[4] Four of the album's tracks were included in the group's 2004 compilation Christmas Celebration.

As of November 2014, A Fresh Aire Christmas is the sixth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. for the Nielsen SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 3,660,000 copies during this period according to SoundScan.