Thank God It's Christmas included on the bonus EP packaged with the deluxe edition of their album "The Works", remastered and re-released in 2011. No promotional video was filmed for the track. It appears on the Christmas compilation LP "The Edge Of Christmas" in its full 12" version with the drum intro. It also appears on the US-only compilation boxed-set "The Queen Collection", which consisted of a re-release of the LPs "Classic Queen" and "Queen's Greatest Hits" along with a bonus CD called "Queen Talks" that included this song, along with a 1989 interview with the band. Thank God It's Christmas "Thank God It's
Christmas (song) "Christmas" was praised by critics. Richie Unterberger of AllMusic called it an "excellent song." "Rolling Stone"'s Mac Randall said it was one of several "prime Pete Townshend songs" on the album. A review in "Life" by Albert Goldman considered it beautiful and highlighted the song's "croaking chorus". James Perone said it was "perhaps one of the best sleeper tracks of the collection." The Smithereens did a cover on their 2007 album "Christmas with The Smithereens." Leslie Odom, Jr. did a cover on the deluxe edition of his album "Simply Christmas." Christmas (song) "Christmas" is a song written by Pete Townshend