"Hey Santa" is the stand-out: a list of demands ("How about a diamond bracelet, a baby-blue convertible...") delivered with the charm that typifies the rest of the album.

"[3] Slant Magazine editor Alexa Camp felt that the "production values on Ashanti’s Christmas are so bargain-basement that they actually match the poor girl’s singing abilities.

"[2] AllMusic editor David Jeffries found that Ashanti's Christmas features Irv Gotti's "least slick and least satisfying production work.

"[1] In another negative review, Tracy E. Hopkins from Rolling Stone wrote that "if you're looking for spirit, you won't find it on Ashanti's joyless Christmas album."

She noted that "the thin-piped songbird nearly redeems herself, however, on the sentimental "Time of Year" and karaoke-worthy covers of Donny Hathaway's "This Christmas" and the old standby "Silent Night."