Recording sessions for the album took place over two weeks in May 2017 and left Sia and Kurstin "laughing at the end of each day".

In September, Kurstin said of working on the album with Sia: I don't know how she comes up with song lyric and melody ideas so quickly.

[6] A music video of the song was released on 22 November, which stars Kristen Bell hosting a Christmas party.

[23] "Snowman", released on 9 November 2017, reached a peak position of 3 in the Holiday Digital Song Sales chart.

[29] Katherine St. Asaph of Pitchfork wrote that Everyday Is Christmas, as an album, feels "inconsistent and underwritten", comparing it to "opening a gift where someone’s forgotten to remove the tags".

Asaph described the production as "vaguely festive" and criticised the positioning of "Snowman" next to "Snowflake" in the track listing, considering they both make use of the same metaphor.

[33] Allan Raible of ABC News, however, praised the record, noting Sia designed the album for those "who are turned off" by the holiday classics.

[30] Annabel Ross of Rolling Stone Australia commented that, while Sia would have done a "fine job" interpreting the classics, it was "hard to veer too far wrong" with her and Kurstin's original songs.