The musical accompaniment was recorded on 23 and 25 July 1962 and Crosby over-dubbed his vocals on October 5, 1962.

All the songs from the original album were included on a 1998 EMI CD called Winter Wonderland in the UK and on an updated 1999 Capitol CD of Bing Crosby's Christmas Classics in the US.

In 2006, the album was re-released again under the Christmas Classics name, featuring the original cover art and all of the original tracks and several bonus ones, including Crosby and David Bowie's famous duet of "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy.

The Crosby touch is everywhere evident and the material is drawn from the great Christmas catalog.

This is 'The Glorious Sound of Christmas' with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.