Indeed, the song includes "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer," and "My Favorite Things" and has been performed at Flecktones concerts for years prior to its 2008 studio recording.

[4] A U.S. tour intended to highlight much of the Jingle All The Way material began November 15, 2008 in Spokane, Washington and concluded with a four-night run at the Blue Note in New York City.

She commented, "Fleck and his bandmates keep the improvisational noodling to a minimum, making this an enjoyable album for jazz fans and nonfans alike while still maintaining the integrity of these holiday classics.

He added that the "notoriously monotonous" holiday music is "filtered through the skewed prism of an outfit capable of just about anything from klezmer, to classical to Tuvan throat singing.

Post writer Geoffrey Himes described the innovative tweaks the Flecktones put on classic tunes and added, "They slow down for 'Silent Night' and prove they are just as capable of coaxing the feeling out of a simple melody as they are at quadrupling the number of notes per measure.