Writing for
Allmusic, music critic
Scott Yanow wrote "Pass and his regular working quartet of the early '90s (rhythm guitarist
John Pisano, bassist
Jim Hughart and drummer
Colin Bailey) perform a variety of famous Christmas-related songs, plus his own "Happy Holiday Blues." The tasteful renditions swing and include quartet pieces, some two-guitar duets and a few unaccompanied solos from the great Pass, resulting in one of the better Christmas albums around."[2]