The track was later included on a "Christmas edition" of their debut studio album, Permission to Land, issued in some areas of Europe on 22 December 2003.

Following the humour and tone of the Darkness's other work, the song also includes a strong level of parody, most notably the double meaning of the line 'Bells End' (bellend) and 'Ring in peace' (ringpiece).

The song appeared as the backing track for the Christmas version of Adult Swim's iOS game, Robot Unicorn Attack, which was released in November 2010.

Justin Hawkins thinks of his girlfriend, played by his then-girlfriend and the Darkness's manager, Sue Whitehouse, as pictured in a bauble and in the fire.

They kiss as the spaceship seen in the videos for "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" and "Growing on Me", and on the cover of their debut studio album, Permission to Land, flies across the sky, showing some glittery words, which read 'Merry Christmas'.