Reception
The special has received generally favorable reviews. It currently has a Metacritic score of 77 out of 100. Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times wrote that "Mr. Colbert is delightful, a few of the song parodies are clever, but over all, the show is too long and more than a little strained, much like the holiday specials it mocks". Some critics noted that the production values of the special were low, but Tim Goodman of the San Francisco Chronicle said "that's part of the reason it's so funny". Goodman concluded that "it's not a classic, but there are worse ways to spend an hour". The album won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.
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