In addition to the new track, collects 15 holiday songs Stevens recorded between 2001 and 2012. Around half come from Songs for Christmas, a box set released in 2006 that covered five years of EPs. , a second box set, arrived in 2012 and covered a second set of five EPs. The songs were initially composed as gifts for friends and family before Stevens decided to archive them in this way.

The album's one brand-new song is out now and addresses the idea of remorse and getting better. Stevens recently returned to performing live after eight years away, having made a surprise appearance during Meg Lui’s show in Kingston, New York, back in September. He was a co-producer on her record from this year, and it was released by his own Asthmatic Kitty label. The break was necessitated by a diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome, after which Stevens had to re-learn how to walk. His last studio album of new material was 2023's , which we rated 10/10.