 Maybe This Christmas is the first in a series of three consecutive holiday compilation albums released through Nettwerk . Maybe This Christmas Too ? and Maybe This Christmas Tree were released in October 2003 and October 2004 , respectively . The series was named by Ron Sexsmith , who contributed the title track to the compilation . A portion of proceeds from all three albums went to Toys for Tots , a charity supported by the United States Marine Corps . Maybe This Christmas contains thirteen " rock @-@ oriented " tracks recorded by various artists . Most of the tracks exclusive to the album were recorded just a few months prior to its release . Allmusic 's MacKenzie Wilson dubbed the compilation as an " album suited for those twenty @-@ somethings searching for [ their ] not @-@ so @-@ typical Christmas collection . " The cover art was designed by artist Paul Frank , creator of Julius the " illustrated , wide @-@ mouth monkey " . 
