It was produced by longtime collaborator Pierre Marchand and includes contributions from Jim Creeggan of Barenaked Ladies.

[11] The album peaked at number 7 in its seventh week on the chart,[12] with 116,000 copies sold for the tracking period ending 3 December.

[13] According to sales data from Nielsen/SoundScan, it was the best-selling holiday album of 2006 in the U.S. with a cumulative 759,000 copies sold for the year.

[16] In 2011, the album re-entered the Billboard 200 at number 195 on the chart issue for the week of 17 December.

[17] A "sampler" CD exists, featuring similar artwork on a cardboard sleeve, which omits "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "Song for a Winter's Night", and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas".