Рождественский альбом Кристины Агилеры: История и признание

Christmas
dance pop Recording for My Kind of Christmas began from early to mid 2000, when Aguilera was touring to support her debut and Spanish counterpart albums. A cover version of the song "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" from the 1959 musical The Sound of Music was recorded for the album but ultimately it was not included on the tracklist and remains unreleased.

Listen|filename=The Christmas Song (Holiday Remix). ogg|title="The Christmas Song (Holiday Remix)"|description=A 25 second sample of "The Christmas Song (Holiday Remix)", a dance number which is set to "a kicking dance beat." which is made up of mainly cover versions of Christmas standards along with several new tracks. "This Year" was co written by Aguilera and is a hip hop and R&B infused song where "Aguilera sings about spending the holidays with her sweetheart in a typical xtina fashion". However Dr. John was chosen instead. "O Holy Night" is followed by Aguilera's cover of Celine Dion's "These Are the Special Times" from her album of the same name. "The Christmas Song", previously released in late 1999 was also included in the album. This was followed by an interlude titled "Xtina's Xmas". On December 10, 2000, Aguilera performed "The Christmas Song", "Genie in a Bottle" and "What a Girl Wants" during a concert at Franklin High in Milwaukee, being watched by 1,300 students. She also performed during an ABC special concert later in December; the set list included songs from her three first studio albums, including a song from My Kind of Christmas, "Have Yourself A Little Merry Christmas". There, she performed the track with Brian McKnight. It was released alongside the "Thunderpuss 2000 Holiday Remix" and the Eddie Arroyo Rhythm Mix of "Genie in a Bottle". RCA released the song in the United States and BMG distributed it throughout Europe. A promotional live video was released as well. On November 10, 2023, "This Christmas" was released as a promotional single in Japan, through Sony Music Solutions. The song was later certified gold by IFPI Danmark for selling over 45,000 units.

In an ex post facto review, Billboard writer Taylor Weatherby noted in 2016 that "for some reason, Aguilera's album is not really one that gets circulated annually when local radio stations go into full on Christmas mode, even despite reaching number one on the Billboard Holiday Albums chart". However, some musicians, including Fifth Harmony, have gone on the record praising My Kind of Christmas. In his 2018 Rolling Stone interview Ty Dolla Sign named it "one of the greatest albums ever made". Emily Marcus of Us Weekly ranked it among the top ten best Christmas albums ever and called it an "unforgettable holiday album" that "will always remain an all time favorite". PopCrush writer Alexandra Capotorto noted that "thanks to [Aguilera's] beautiful pipes, we still believe it's one of the best Christmas albums to impact within the pop genre". In 2023, Forbes named a promotional single "Christmas Time" as one of the fifteen most iconic Christmas pop songs, noting that "when she [Aguilera] dropped the Christmas record, it garnered mixed reviews, but as time has passed, this track reigns with its mere pop brilliance." It reached its peak at number 28.