It's a Cool Cool Christmas

The album was reissued on vinyl by Jeepster Records in November 2021 in aid of War Child in the UK, with the blessing of all the original artists.

Allmusic writer Tim DiGravina described the album as "inspired good fun", calling it "without a doubt, one of the better alternative, holiday collections.

[2] The BBC's Richard Banks called "Alan Parsons" "a stroke of comedy genius".

[1] Scott Miller, in his book Music: What Happened?, suggested that Grandaddy "probably deserve immortality" just for this song.

[4] Ireland's public broadcasting network, RTÉ, called the Grandaddy song "downright silly",[3] while Exclaim!