Recorded at WHATINTHEWHATHE? studios, Westlake studios and the Village Recorders L.A., The Boneyard in Boston,
And in England at Abbey Road, Funny Bunny studios, and Stable Cottage Studios.

A mix of Christmas classics and some new originals, Ringo and Mark Hudson composed Dear Santa and Christmas Eve in the summer of 1998 at Ringo's Surrey residence. No idea why they should be writing a Christmas song in July !?
Those songs were then recorded in September in the U.K.
The next Christmas songs were recorded in March 1999 in L.A. with the rest completed through to 9th September.

The C.D. "booklet" is once again, not a booklet as such, but is one sheet 14" x 9 1/2" which is folded vertically down the centre and then three times length wise making it C.D. cover sized. One side contains all the lyrics, whilst the other has the dedications.
The colourful artwork is by Ringo, Mark Hudson, Sonia Ives, Ondine Bue, Allyson Spellacy, and anyone named Art who's working.
The C.D. itself is fairly plain with a large white snowflake upon it.

Ringo left Mercury after this release as he felt they had done little or no promotion for the album and consequently it was not a commercial success. But then again, chart success had eluded Ringo on some very well received recent albums anyway.

The album was re-released 23rd September 2003 as:
20th Century Masters: The Best of Ringo Starr/The Christmas Collection.