Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
[43]
AllMusic
[21]
The Courier-Mail
[44]
Idolator
[22]
Knoxville News Sentinel
Critical commentary for A Very Trainor Christmas was generally positive; some
praised Trainor's charisma. AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine thought she
approached it with the same enthusiasm as her usual "old-fashioned showbiz razzle-
dazzle" style. He added that the original recordings sound the most ebullient, but
the whole album is "firmly within the realm of spirited seasonal soundtrack".
[43]
Sculley believed that Trainor was cheerful and charismatic. [20]
Others commented on the material. Writing for Idolator, Mike Wass called A Very
Trainor Christmas a "resounding success" and believed in its potential to grow into a
"go-to Christmas soundtrack" for American families in the following years. [44] He
opined the album is exuberant and ensures "there's something for everybody" with
its incorporation of various genres. [44] Sculley thought it is "fun and more original
than many holiday albums".[20] Kennedy declared A Very Trainor Christmas "the best
Christmas album of 2020" and described it as "a multi-textured triumph" due to
Trainor's voice.[23] The Courier-Mail's Monique Pueblos believed the original songs
create a festive yet unconventional mood and the covers are performed with
integrity that does not change the original songs too much: "[The album] is full of
feel-good tunes both old and new and will have you feeling the Christmas spirit year
after year."[21] On the other hand, Knoxville News Sentinel's Chuck Campbell wrote
that it lacks "well-crafted classics" to set it apart from other holiday albums, and the
momentum is "routinely thwarted" by a combination of familiar and unfamiliar
songs, which lead to "the party never hit[ting] its stride". [22]
In the United States, A Very Trainor Christmas debuted at number 144 on
the Billboard 200 issued for November 14, 2020, with 7,000 album-equivalent units.
Trainor's lowest-charting album, it eventually peaked at number 89. [27][45] The album
entered at number seven on the Top Holiday Albums chart.[46] A Very Trainor
Christmas peaked at number 70 and charted for two weeks on the Canadian Albums
Chart.[47] The album reached number 47 on the UK Download Albums chart. [48] It
charted at number 42 in the Netherlands and Sweden. [49][50] In Belgium, A Very
Trainor Christmas peaked at number 71.[51]
Track listing
A Very Trainor Christmas track listing
No Lengt
Title Writer(s) Producer
. h
1. "My Kind of Present" Meghan Trainor J. Trainor 2:41
Justin Trainor
Ryan Trainor
2. "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Meredith Willson Asa Welch 2:08
Like Christmas"
3. "I Believe in Santa" M. Trainor J. Trainor 2:38
J. Trainor
R. Trainor
4. "Last Christmas" George Michael Welch 4:03
5. "Holidays" (featuring Earth, M. Trainor Sabath 2:45
Wind & Fire)
Mike Sabath
Phillip Bailey
Eddie Benjamin
Verdine White
Ralph Johnson
6. "Christmas Party" M. Trainor Met 2:55
Ryan Met
J. Trainor
R. Trainor
7. "Winter Wonderland" Richard B. Smith J. Trainor 2:18
8. "White Christmas" Irving Berlin Welch 3:01
(featuring Seth MacFarlane)
9. "Holly Jolly Christmas" (bonus Johnny Marks Welch 1:45
track)
10. "Christmas Got Me Blue" M. Trainor Met 3:33
Met
J. Trainor
11. "Sleigh Ride" Leroy Anderson Federico 3:48
Vindver
Mitchell Parish
12. "My Only Wish" Brian Kierulf Vindver 4:02
Josh Schwartz
13. "The Christmas Song" Robert Wells Vindver 3:35
Mel Tormé
14. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Marks Welch 2:30
Reindeer" (featuring Jayden,
Jenna, & Marcus Toney)
15. "Naughty List" M. Trainor M. Trainor 2:37
J. Trainor
R. Trainor
16. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Hugh Martin J. Trainor 3:48
Christmas" (featuring Gary
Ralph Blane
Trainor)
17. "I'll Be Home" (bonus track) M. Trainor M. Trainor 3:39
18. "Silent Night" Franz Xaver Benjamin 2:45
Gruber
Joseph Mohr
Total length: 54:31
A deluxe edition of A Very Trainor Christmas adds the following songs as tracks 1–3,
prior to all of the songs on the standard edition of the album: [16]
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
1. "Christmas Coupon" (writer: M. Trainor) – 3:12
2. "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (writer: Johnny Marks) – 2:28
3. "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" (writer: Jeff Barry, Ellie
Greenwich, Phil Spector) – 2:28
Notes
"Holly Jolly Christmas" and "I'll Be Home" are available on the track list
worldwide on all streaming platforms, however they are exclusive to Target in
the United States for all CD editions of A Very Trainor Christmas. They do not
appear on any vinyl editions of the album, or CD editions outside of the
United States.[24][52][53]
