Soundtrack Studios and Studio 900 (overdubs), New York City
Genre
Christmas, symphonic metal, progressive metal
Length
62:03
Label
Lava/Atlantic
Producer
Paul O'Neill
Robert Kinkel (co.)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra chronology
Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996)
The Christmas Attic (1998)
Singles from Christmas Eve and Other Stores
"Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24" Released: October 1996
Christmas Eve and Other Stories is the debut studio album by American symphonic metal band Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It was released on October 15, 1996, through Lava Records and Atlantic Records. It is the first album in the band's "Christmas trilogy", with The Christmas Attic (1998) and The Lost Christmas Eve (2004) coming afterward. All three albums, as well as their The Ghosts of Christmas Eve DVD, were featured in the box set of The Christmas Trilogy. The album's cover art was created by Edgar Jerins.[1]
The album became one of the best-selling Christmas albums of all time in the U.S. and has been certified 3× platinum by the RIAA for selling 3 million copies in the US. As of November 2016, the album track "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24" has sold 1.3 million downloads, becoming one of the best-selling Christmas songs of all time in the US as well.[2]
^Roth, Dan (May 28, 2012). "A conversation With Edgar Jerins: the man behind seven classic Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra album covers". Music & Art Interviews.com. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
^"What Are the Top-Selling Holiday Songs?". Billboard. November 25, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
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