It's a SpongeBob Christmas! Album is a soundtrack album to the SpongeBob SquarePants stop motion Christmas special "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!". It is also the fifth soundtrack to the series. It was released on November 6, 2012. The tracks were co-written by Tom Kenny and Andy Paley. The song "Don't Be a Jerk (It's Christmas)", featured in the special, was written by SpongeBob's voice actor, Tom Kenny in 2009 for the SpongeBob's Greatest Hits album. The album features twelve tracks by âÂÂSpongeBob and the Hi-Seas,â including rockabilly (âÂÂChristmas Eve JittersâÂÂ), country (âÂÂHo-Ho-HoedownâÂÂ), and doo-wop (âÂÂWet, Wet ChristmasâÂÂ).
Jessica Dawson of the Common Sense Media said "the fun and fresh Christmas songs actually capture the excitement and anticipation in a way that's a nice change from the traditional yuletide tunes we're all used to." She rated it three of five stars.