 The album received generally favorable reviews . The New Yorker commented that Dylan had <unk> a pre @-@ rock musical sound to " some of his <unk> vocals in a while " , and speculated that Dylan 's intentions might be ironic : " Dylan has a long and highly publicized history with Christianity ; to claim there 's not a <unk> in the childish optimism of ' Here Comes Santa Claus ' or ' Winter Wonderland ' is to ignore a half @-@ century of biting satire . " In USA Today , Edna Gundersen pointed out that Dylan was " revisiting <unk> styles popularized by Nat King Cole , <unk> <unk> , and the Ray <unk> Singers . " Gundersen concluded that Dylan " couldn 't sound more sentimental or sincere " . 
