The album is essentially a reissue (with a new title and slightly altered track listing) of James Taylor: A Christmas Album, a limited edition title distributed by Hallmark Cards in 2004.

Additionally, the original album featured a version of "Deck the Halls" which is not on the standard Columbia CD.

(The Barnes & Noble chain, however, issued a version of the new title with "Deck the Halls" included as a bonus track.)

One of them, "Mon Beau Sapin" (a French translation of "O Christmas Tree"), is a new recording and is only available on this album.

The other track new to the collection is a version of George Harrison's "Here Comes the Sun" by Taylor and cellist Yo-Yo Ma, which originally appeared on Ma's 2008 holiday album Songs of Joy & Peace.