Give Me Your Love for Christmas
[1] The oldest song selected for this project was the 1934 classic "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", which meant there were not the traditional hymns that could be found on his previous Christmas outings.[5] On December 26, 1979, it received its first award from the Recording Industry Association of America when it reached the US sales mark of 500,000 copies necessary for Gold status.[6] On September 1, 2001, the album was released on compact disc for the first time,[7] and two months later, on November 5, it was awarded Platinum certification by the RIAA for sales of one million copies in the US.[8] The tracks from this album were also reissued as part of the 2015 Mathis compilation The Complete Christmas Collection 1958–2010, a 3-CD set on the Real Gone Music label.Billboard felt that the "Mathis touch is warmly suited to the spirit of the season and the songs cover the Yule holiday appropriately".