"[5] The bassist, Tracy Wormworth, was inspired by Bernard Edwards' bassline on the recently released "Good Times" by Chic.

[6] Written while hip hop music was beginning to gain prominence, "Christmas Wrapping" is "almost rapped" by Donahue.

[9] Butler said he did not really think of Donahue's performance as a rap, as it was a new musical form, but said: "It was OK for a white guy to tell a story but tell it in rhythmic verse.

[12] It remains the Waitresses' highest-charting single in the UK,[13] and despite its modest chart placing, the song was certified platinum by the BPI in 2024.

"[3] In 2005, Guardian journalist Dorian Lynskey called the song "fizzing, funky dance-around-the-Christmas-tree music for Brooklyn hipsters".

[15] Each festive season, Butler makes a donation to the Akron-Summit County children's library in the name of the first person to tell him they heard "Christmas Wrapping" on the radio.

[6] It has also been covered by Save Ferris (with lyrics altered for a Jewish perspective),[17] Kate Nash,[18] the Front Bottoms,[19] Devon Kay & The Solutions,[20] the Donnas,[21] Summer Camp,[21] the cast of the Broadway musical Wicked,[22] comedian Doug Benson,[23] Martha Wainwright,[24] the cast of the TV show Glee (with Heather Morris on lead vocals),[25]and Disney Channel star Bella Thorne.

It featured Nancy Whang (LCD Soundsystem) singing lead, Nick Millhiser (Holy Ghost!)