A Swingin' Christmas

The album cover parodies Norman Rockwell's 1942 painting, Freedom from Want.

On November 8, 2011, Sony Music Distribution included the CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection.

This included a special free street performance outside of Bloomingdale's department store at 4:30 p.m. on November 20 in New York City in which he performed three songs – "I'll Be Home for Christmas," "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" and "Jingle Bells" – before the unveiling of the store's window displays.

He performed a concert at New York City's Apollo Theater on December 16 that was billed as his only show in support of the album with the Count Basie Big Band.

Many retailers featured different variations: The Count Basie Orchestra Production