This Christmas Day

In May 2018, Jessie J released her fourth studio album R.O.S.E.. Issued in four parts, consisting of the EPs Realisations, Obsessions, Sex, and Empowerment that create an acronym for R.O.S.E., the R&B-heavy album failed to chart.{{Cite news|url=https://www.iol.co.za/entertainment/music/international/jessie-j-is-releasing-first-new-music-in-four-years-15116982|title=Jessie J is releasing first new music in four years {{!}} IOL Entertainment|access-date=18 November 2020}} Throughout the summer, she embarked on the R.O.S.E. Tour, playing summer shows and festivals, but was looking for a different project "as a thank-you to fans for their support and to celebrate how great this year has been."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8488641/jessie-j-interview-first-holiday-album-this-christmas-day|title=Jessie J Talks Gifting Fans With Her First Holiday Album 'This Christmas Day'|magazine=Billboard|last=Mitchell|first=Gail|date=4 December 2018|accessdate=18 November 2020}} In July 2018, Republic Records greenlit the recording of a Christmas album.

Much of the album was recorded in two weeks around the tour, in both Europe and Los Angeles.{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/jessie-j-releasing-christmas-album-featuring-boyz-ii-men-and-babyface-news.60992.html|title=Jessie J Releasing Christmas Album Featuring Boyz II Men & Babyface|work=HotNewHipHop|last=P|first=Milca|date=30 September 2018|accessdate=24 October 2018}} Jessie J stated that her decision to create the album was "very last minute", and that working with "classic producers" such as David Foster, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Rodney Jerkins and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis on the album was a "dream come true". Apart from her cover versions of Christmas standards and carols, Jessie J wrote "This Christmas Day" for the album, its only original song, produced by Jerkins.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BpZ5cfYj6g-/|title=J E S S I E . J on Instagram: "My Christmas album 'This Christmas Day' IS OUT NOW 🌍🎄💋 This Christmas Day is the only original on the record. Written by me and produced by produced by @rodneyjerkins ✨❤️|via=Instagram|author=Jessie J|date=27 October 2018|accessdate=28 October 2018}} The song was inspired a friend of Jessie J who had lost her brother.

{{Album ratings

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| rev2 = The Guardian

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| rev3 = Rolling Stone

| rev3Score = mixed{{cite magazine|first=Connor|last=Ratliff|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-new-christmas-albums-reviewed-762184/jesse-j-this-christmas-day-762194/|title=50 New Christmas Albums, Reviewed|magazine=Rolling Stone|accessdate=18 November 2018}}

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Allmusic editor Neil Z. Yeung called the album "a collection of faithful renditions of beloved Christmas classics. Soothing and nostalgic, the 11-song set pairs big-band glitz and jazzy swing with a '90s R&B touch [...] As Christmas albums go, This Christmas Day benefits from Jessie J's powerful vocals and inspired arrangement from her team of iconic producers. Much like Kylie Minogue's Kylie Christmas or Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas, This Christmas Day is pleasant, wintry fun for pop fans in need of updated takes on songs they already know by heart." Vulture critic Craig Jenkins felt that This Christmas Day "is solid, but it missed a chance to be cool" and added: "It might surprise you that the album these collaborations landed on is mostly a drippy collection of melismatic readings of Christmas standards."{{cite web|first=Craig |last=Jenkins |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/12/christmas-albums-reviewed.html|title=Christmas Music Highlights From a Year Unreasonably Stacked With Christmas Music|website=Vulture|date=5 December 2018|accessdate=18 November 2018}}

Ben Beaumont-Thomas, writing for The Guardian, remarked that "flanked with beautifully arranged backings that emphasise the “big” in big band, you initially worry she oversells these standards [...] Every note, no matter how short, is spritzed with earnest vibrato, and also occasionally toasted with vocal fry. But if your Christmas involves a 12 ft illuminated Santa on the lawn, eggnog on the breakfast table and red glitter on everything, you will find much to love here." Connor Ratliff called This Christmas Day "jazzy and professional" but noted: "There is an aspect to a record like this that feels like it is exactly what people hate about Christmas music – the same 10 songs being modernized by 20 new artists every year, in more or less the same way."

In 2022 Billboard listed This Christmas Day as the 15th Best Christmas Albums of the 21st Century.{{Cite magazine |last=Cinquemani |first=Sal |date=October 12, 2022 |title=The 21 Best Christmas Albums of the 21st Century |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-christmas-albums-new-holiday-music/ |access-date=December 9, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}

This Christmas Day debuted and peaked at number 48 on the US Top Holiday Albums. The second track from the album, "Man with the Bag", managed to peak at number 70 on the UK Singles chart.{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/man-with-the-bag/|title=Man with the Bag {{!}} Full Official UK Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|last=|first=|date=|website=The Official UK Charts Company|language=|access-date=3 March 2020}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing =

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

| writer1 = {{hlist|Haven Gillespie|J. Fred Coots}}

| extra1 = David Foster

| length1 = 3:07

| title2 = Man with the Bag

| writer2 = {{hlist|Dudley Brooks|Irving Taylor|Hal Stanley}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Courtney Ballard|Kuk Harrell}}

| length2 = 2:43

| title3 = Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

| writer3 = Johnny Marks

| extra3 = {{hlist|Darkchild|Marvin Hemmings{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length3 = 2:19

| title4 = Jingle Bell Rock

| writer4 = {{hlist|Joseph Beal|James Boothe}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Darkchild|Hemmings{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length4 = 2:39

| title5 = Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer/Jingle Bells

| writer5 = {{hlist|Marks|James Pierpont}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis|John Jackson}}

| length5 = 4:21

| title6 = Let It Snow

| writer6 = {{hlist|Julius Stein|Sammy Cahn}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis|Jackson}}

| length6 = 2:05

| title7 = Winter Wonderland

| note7 = featuring Boyz II Men

| writer7 = {{hlist|Richard B. Smith|Felix Bernard}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Babyface|Antonio Dixon|Demonte Posey}}

| length7 = 2:43

| title8 = The Christmas Song

| note8 = featuring Babyface

| writer8 = {{hlist|Robert Wells|Mel Tormé}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Babyface|Dixon}}

| length8 = 4:05

| title9 = This Christmas Day

| writer9 = {{hlist|Jessica Cornish|Rodney Jerkins}}

| extra9 = Rodney Jerkins

| length9 = 3:45

| title10 = White Christmas

| writer10 = {{hlist|Irving Berlin}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Babyface|David Nathan{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length10 = 3:26

| title11 = Silent Night

| writer11 = {{hlist|Joseph Mohr}}

| extra11 = Foster

| length11 = 3:48

| total_length = 35:01

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