On September 22, 1958 RCA Victor released an extended player named "Christmas With Elvis". On the domestic market the record barely sold 80,000 units, in total only 150,000 fans bought the ep. In the present this would be 22.5 million paid streams of the ep, respectively 90 million paid streams of individual tracks. The abysmal sales might have been caused by the fact, that all the songs were already available for a year on "Elvis' Christmas Album".

The front cover matched the one of the second edition of "Elvis' Christmas Album", the backside was used as advertising space for the extended players "Elvis Sings Christmas Songs" and "Peace In The Valley", which included the other songs of the long player.

"Christmas With Elvis" is not available on the streaming platforms since all tracks can be found on "Elvis' Christmas Album".

The song premiered on the first Christmas day of 1941, when Bing Crosby performed it on his radio show "The Kraft Music Hall". On May 29th of the following year he recorded it with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra and The Ken Darby Singers within 18 minutes and released it on July 30th on the album "Songs From The Film Holiday Inn". To Crosby "White Christmas" wasn't anything special, but in 1942 it peaked at the number one of the Billboard Charts and stayed there for no less than 11 weeks. With sales of over 50 million units it's regarded to be the most successful single release of all time. Countless artists have covered "White Christmas", Elvis did it on September 6, 1957 and needed nine takes. It is said that Irving Berlin, the writer of the song, disliked the king's version so much, that he asked the radio stations to boycott the recording. Even though Berlin's reaction was ridiculous, I cannot help to agree to his general criticism. Elvis' version simply lacks all festiveness and emotional depth I expect of a performance of this song. By 1957 he simply lacked the technique and the wealth of experience to do it right.

Elvis recorded this nice uptempo song on September 6, 1957 within two takes. He really delivered a great performance, very snappy and catchy. The first version was recorded in 1947 by Gene Autry, who had written "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" with Oakley Haldeman.

The song was written in 1868 by Phillips Brooks and Lewis Redner and first recorded by The Trinity Choir in 1916. Elvis did so on September 7, 1957 and needed four takes to create a satisfactory version. He certainly sings well, but by 1957 he was way better on the uptempo stuff.

This is an adaptation of "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht", a song written by Joseph Mohr and Franz Xaver Gruber in 1818. Today this composition is regarded to be the most famous of its kind and was declared "world heritage" by the UNESCO in 2011. Even though I am not religious, this is my favorite piece of music. No other song is so solemn, moving and beautiful like this. Unfortunately Elvis' performance doesn't evoke any emotions, it simply lacks depth and feelings.