[4] Produced and arranged by Manilow and co-produced by Scott Erickson, the album features more of a swing jazz style than his previous Christmas releases.

[5] The jazz ensemble MaD Fusion[a] (Matt Herskowitz—piano, Mat Fieldes—bass, and David Rozenblatt—drums) accompanied Manilow on four tracks, and The Randy Kerber Trio (Randy Kerber—piano, Mike Valerio—bass, and Joe LaBarbera—drums) was featured on five tracks, along with various other musicians.

The first track, "Silver Bells", was performed a capella, with Manilow overdubbing all of the vocals himself.

The album included instructions for downloading a bonus track, "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear".

[6] On October 13, 2009,[7] the album was re-released on Arista Records with two bonus tracks: "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" and "Christmas Is Just Around the Corner", an original song from the 2008 animated television special Cranberry Christmas.