The song is also included on the 2011 album Heavenly Christmas, performed by Jackie Evancho, and the deluxe edition of Groban's Noël album, marking the first time for inclusion on a Groban release.
The songwriters received a Grammy Award in the category Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media at the ceremony held in February 2006.
The song "bubbled under" the Billboard Hot 100 chart in late 2004 and early 2005, reaching a peak position of #112.
[3] However, on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, the song spent five weeks at the summit.
[4] This was Groban's fourth most popular song on the adult contemporary chart, under "To Where You Are" and "O Holy Night" in 2002 and "You Raise Me Up" earlier the same year.