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title="Album">Studio album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Orchestra" title="Trans-Siberian Orchestra">Trans-Siberian Orchestra</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">October 15, 1996</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">1995–1996</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Studio</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">Soundtrack Studios and Studio 900 <small>(overdubs)</small>, New York City</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_music" title="Christmas music">Christmas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Symphonic_metal" title="Symphonic metal">symphonic metal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Progressive_metal" title="Progressive metal">progressive metal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">62</span>:<span class="s">03</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Lava_Records" title="Lava Records">Lava</a>/<a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Records" title="Atlantic Records">Atlantic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_O%27Neill_(rock_producer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul O'Neill (rock producer)">Paul O'Neill</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kinkel" title="Robert Kinkel">Robert Kinkel</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(co.)</span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Orchestra" title="Trans-Siberian Orchestra">Trans-Siberian Orchestra</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color:inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"> </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>Christmas Eve and Other Stories</b></i><br />(1996) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Christmas_Attic" title="The Christmas Attic">The Christmas Attic</a></i><br />(1998) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Singles</a> from <i> Christmas Eve and Other Stores </i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left"> <ol><li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Christmas_Eve/Sarajevo_12/24" title="Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24">Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24</a>"</span><br />Released: October 1996</span></li></ol> </div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Christmas Eve and Other Stories</b></i> is the debut studio album by American <a href="/wiki/Symphonic_metal" title="Symphonic metal">symphonic metal</a> band <a href="/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Orchestra" title="Trans-Siberian Orchestra">Trans-Siberian Orchestra</a>. It was released on October 15, 1996, through <a href="/wiki/Lava_Records" title="Lava Records">Lava Records</a> and <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Records" title="Atlantic Records">Atlantic Records</a>. It is the first album in the band's "Christmas trilogy", with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Christmas_Attic" title="The Christmas Attic">The Christmas Attic</a></i> (1998) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_Christmas_Eve" title="The Lost Christmas Eve">The Lost Christmas Eve</a></i> (2004) coming afterward. All three albums, as well as their <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ghosts_of_Christmas_Eve" title="The Ghosts of Christmas Eve">The Ghosts of Christmas Eve</a></i> <a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a>, were featured in the <a href="/wiki/Box_set" title="Box set">box set</a> of <i>The Christmas Trilogy</i>. The album's cover art was created by Edgar Jerins.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The album became one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Christmas_albums_in_the_United_States" title="List of best-selling Christmas albums in the United States">best-selling Christmas albums of all time in the U.S.</a> and has been certified 3× platinum by the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a> for selling 3 million copies in the US. As of November 2016, the album track "<a href="/wiki/Christmas_Eve/Sarajevo_12/24" title="Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24">Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24</a>" has sold 1.3 million downloads, becoming one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Christmas_singles_in_the_United_States" title="List of best-selling Christmas singles in the United States">best-selling Christmas songs of all time in the US</a> as well.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commercial_performance">Commercial performance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christmas_Eve_and_Other_Stories&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Commercial performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of November 2014<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christmas_Eve_and_Other_Stories&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, <i>Christmas Eve and Other Stories</i> was the ninth <a href="/wiki/Best-selling_Christmas/holiday_albums_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Best-selling Christmas/holiday albums in the United States">best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_SoundScan" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen SoundScan">Nielsen SoundScan</a> era of music sales tracking (1991 – present), with sales of 3,430,000 copies according to SoundScan.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 28, 2011, <i>Christmas Eve and Other Stories</i> was certified <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">3× platinum</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a> for shipment of three million copies in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-RIAA_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RIAA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot_summary">Plot summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christmas_Eve_and_Other_Stories&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Plot summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On Christmas Eve in 1995, a young man wanders into a bar and orders a whiskey. Soon after, he is joined by an old man who soon begins a story, telling of how God sent an angel down to Earth to find and bring him an example of kindness done in the spirit of Christmas ("An Angel Came Down"). While flying down, he overhears church bells ringing carols ("<a href="/wiki/O_Come,_All_Ye_Faithful" title="O Come, All Ye Faithful">O Come All Ye Faithful</a>/<a href="/wiki/O_Holy_Night" title="O Holy Night">O Holy Night</a>"), as he flew closer, a single voice rang out in the church, later joined by a full choir ("A Star to Follow"). </p><p>With the song over, the angel continued his search, the skies now snowing as he flies over the world ("First Snow"). Flying over the <a href="/wiki/Ural_Mountains" title="Ural Mountains">Ural Mountains</a>, he notices a small village, where he takes upon the disguise of a human to approach the people ("The Silent Nutcracker"). The angel asks a village peasant what Russian hearts desire for Christmas, with the peasant simply answering "peace on earth" ("A Mad Russian's Christmas"). The angel returns to flight, thinking about the birth of Christ, and its impact upon Christmas Day ("The Prince of Peace"). The angel then flies over <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sarajevo" title="Siege of Sarajevo">siege of Sarajevo</a>, witnessing mass destruction and violent warfare below. Confused as to why individuals would kill each other, the angel flies close to a recent battlefield, where a single cello player stood alone playing a forgotten Christmas song. While departing, the angel realized that as long as there was music, there would always be hope ("<a href="/wiki/Christmas_Eve/Sarajevo_12/24" title="Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24">Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24</a>"). </p><p> Flying over the countryside, the angel heard a voice begin to sing from a church below. The angel reached out and held the song in his hand, wondering if it was the answer he was seeking; however, he still believed there was something missing, and continued his journey into the night ("Good King Joy"). The angel soon overhears a prayer to God from a man in distress. Listening closer, he discovers that the man's daughter is lost, and his only prayer was for her to be home for Christmas ("Ornament"). </p><table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Martin_Popoff" title="Martin Popoff">Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">8/10<sup id="cite_ref-martin_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-martin-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The angel made it his personal mission to bring the girl home, and he followed the man's prayer to an old bar in New York City, where he found her standing outside, wishing upon the neon sign to come home, as there were no stars to wish upon ("<a href="/wiki/The_First_Noel" title="The First Noel">The First Noel</a>"). A young child entered the bar and asked the bartender if they knew of the lost girl outside. The bartender asked the child how he knew the girl was lost, to which the child told the bartender that on Christmas Eve, if someone were to be home, they would already be there. Moved by this realization, the bartender took money from the cash register, and paid for a taxi cab to take the girl to <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport" title="John F. Kennedy International Airport">John F. Kennedy International Airport</a> to help her get home ("Old City Bar"). </p><p>The angel was moved by this gesture, and truly believed this to be the example of kindness that he had been looking for ("Promises to Keep"). As the girl finally arrived home to her father, the Angel flew back up to Heaven, bringing God back his shining example of kindness during Christmastime ("This Christmas Day"). The old man then concluded his story, and thanked the young man for his company as he left the bar. The young man then rushed outside to thank the old man; however, he discovered he was already gone, and had left no footprints. Walking back home, he realized that for the first time since his childhood, he'd finally dreamed and believed in Christmas again ("An Angel Returned"). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christmas_Eve_and_Other_Stories&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All new lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Paul_O%27Neill_(rock_producer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul O'Neill (rock producer)">Paul O'Neill</a>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236635009">.mw-parser-output .tracklist{border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr:nth-child(2n-1){background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist 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10px;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length td{background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);font-weight:bold;padding:0 10px 0 0}</style><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"An Angel Came Down"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Franz_Xaver_Gruber" title="Franz Xaver Gruber">Franz Gruber</a>, O'Neill, <a href="/wiki/Jon_Oliva" title="Jon Oliva">Jon Oliva</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:52</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/O_Come_All_Ye_Faithful" class="mw-redirect" title="O Come All Ye Faithful">O Come All Ye Faithful</a>/<a href="/wiki/O_Holy_Night" title="O Holy Night">O Holy Night</a>" (instrumental)</td><td><a href="/wiki/John_Francis_Wade" title="John Francis Wade">John Francis Wade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Oakeley" title="Frederick Oakeley">Frederick Oakeley</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Reading_(composer_and_organist)" title="John Reading (composer and organist)">John Reading</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adolphe_Adam" title="Adolphe Adam">Adolphe Adam</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Sullivan_Dwight" title="John Sullivan Dwight">John Sullivan Dwight</a>, O'Neill, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Kinkel" title="Robert Kinkel">Robert Kinkel</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:19</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"A Star to Follow"</td><td>O'Neill</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:49</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"First Snow" (instrumental)</td><td>O'Neill</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:53</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"The Silent Nutcracker" (instrumental)</td><td>O'Neill</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:22</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"A Mad Russian's Christmas" (instrumental)</td><td><a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky" title="Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky">Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky</a>, Kinkel</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:42</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"The Prince of Peace"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Felix_Mendelssohn" title="Felix Mendelssohn">Felix Mendelssohn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Wesley" title="Charles Wesley">Charles Wesley</a>, O'Neill</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:33</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Christmas_Eve/Sarajevo_12/24" title="Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24">Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24</a>" (same recording <a href="/wiki/Dead_Winter_Dead" title="Dead Winter Dead">released in 1995</a> by <a href="/wiki/Savatage" title="Savatage">Savatage</a>; instrumental)</td><td>O'Neill, Kinkel</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:25</td></tr><tr><th id="track9" scope="row">9.</th><td>"Good King Joy"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Lowell_Mason" title="Lowell Mason">Lowell Mason</a>, Kinkel, O'Neill</td><td class="tracklist-length">6:36</td></tr><tr><th id="track10" scope="row">10.</th><td>"Ornament"</td><td>O'Neill, Oliva</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:37</td></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/The_First_Noel" title="The First Noel">The First Noel</a>" (instrumental)</td><td>Traditional, O'Neill</td><td class="tracklist-length">0:55</td></tr><tr><th id="track12" scope="row">12.</th><td>"Old City Bar"</td><td>O'Neill</td><td class="tracklist-length">6:18</td></tr><tr><th id="track13" scope="row">13.</th><td>"Promises to Keep"</td><td>O'Neill, Kinkel</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:41</td></tr><tr><th id="track14" scope="row">14.</th><td>"This Christmas Day"</td><td>O'Neill, Oliva</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:20</td></tr><tr><th id="track15" scope="row">15.</th><td>"An Angel Returned"</td><td>O'Neill, Oliva</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:52</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Bonus tracks</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track16" scope="row">16.</th><td>"O Holy Night" (instrumental)</td><td>Adam, Dwight</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:39</td></tr><tr><th id="track17" scope="row">17.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/God_Rest_Ye_Merry_Gentlemen" class="mw-redirect" title="God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen">God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen</a>" (instrumental)</td><td>Traditional</td><td class="tracklist-length">1:16</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Target bonus tracks</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track18" scope="row">18.</th><td>"Whoville Medley (Perfect Christmas Night/Grinch)"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:38</td></tr><tr><th id="track19" scope="row">19.</th><td>"The World That He Sees"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:43</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christmas_Eve_and_Other_Stories&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart </th> <th scope="col">Peak<br />position </th> <th scope="col">Peak<br />year </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a><sup id="cite_ref-ac_Billboard200_Trans-Siberian_Orchestra_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Billboard200_Trans-Siberian_Orchestra-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">48 </td> <td>2012 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Christian_Albums" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Albums">Christian Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)"><i>Billboard</i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_BillboardChristian_Trans-Siberian_Orchestra_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_BillboardChristian_Trans-Siberian_Orchestra-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">1 </td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Top_Heatseekers" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Heatseekers">Heatseekers Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)"><i>Billboard</i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_BillboardHeatseekers_Trans-Siberian_Orchestra_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_BillboardHeatseekers_Trans-Siberian_Orchestra-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">3 </td> <td>1996 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Top_Album_Sales" title="Top Album Sales">Top Album Sales</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)"><i>Billboard</i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_BillboardAlbumSales_Trans-Siberian_Orchestra_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_BillboardAlbumSales_Trans-Siberian_Orchestra-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">89 </td> <td>2019 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Top_Rock_Albums" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Rock Albums">Top Rock Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)"><i>Billboard</i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_BillboardRock_Trans-Siberian_Orchestra_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_BillboardRock_Trans-Siberian_Orchestra-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">8 </td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Top_Holiday_Albums" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Holiday Albums">Top Holiday Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)"><i>Billboard</i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_BillboardHoliday_Trans-Siberian_Orchestra_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_BillboardHoliday_Trans-Siberian_Orchestra-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">3 </td> <td>2003 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Certifications">Certifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christmas_Eve_and_Other_Stories&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Certifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Certification</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United States (<a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_StatesTrans-Siberian_OrchestraalbumCertRef_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_StatesTrans-Siberian_OrchestraalbumCertRef-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>3× Platinum </td> <td>3,000,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align: center;"> <td colspan="3"> <p><small><sup>^</sup> Shipments figures based on certification alone.</small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christmas_Eve_and_Other_Stories&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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