It was released in 1958 on the Columbia label (catalog nos.

[3] AllMusic later gave the album a rating of four-and-a-half stars.

The reviewer David A. Milberg wrote that it "documents the MOR sound of the '50s".

[2] Charlotte Greig, in her book 100 Best Selling Albums of the 50s, writes, "There's no Jingle Bells here.

Miller would make up for that a couple of years later by recording Holiday Sing Along, with Santa songs in abundance"[4] The latter holiday record consisted of modern vernacular carols, while this one focused on traditional songs, several of a religious nature.