The album's case contains a reproduction of a Christmas card signed by the whole Partridge Family, the stars of a 1970s sitcom.

The song "My Christmas Card to You" was original, but the remainder of the tracks were standards.

It was the number 1 album on Billboard magazine's special Christmas Albums sales chart for all four weeks that the magazine published the chart that year.

Lead guitarist for Metallica, Kirk Hammett, cited this record to be the first album he owned during an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"

[3] Only two tracks, "Winter Wonderland" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", were featured on the TV show (in the second-season episode "Don't Bring Your Guns to Town, Santa") Track list and credits verified from the album's liner notes.