The Lost Christmas Eve

The Lost Christmas Eve
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 12, 2004
Recorded2003[1]
StudioSoundtracks Recording Studio, New York, NY
Genre
Length74:29
LabelLava/Atlantic
ProducerPaul O'Neill
Robert Kinkel (co-producer)
Dave Wittman (Recording and Mix Engineer)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra chronology
Beethoven's Last Night
(2000)
The Lost Christmas Eve
(2004)
Night Castle
(2009)
Alternative Cover
Narrated Version of "The Lost Christmas Eve".
Singles from The Lost Christmas Eve
  1. "Queen of the Winter Night"
    Released: 2004[2]
  2. "Wizards in Winter"
    Released: 2006[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]

The Lost Christmas Eve is the fourth studio album by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It was released on October 12, 2004, and is the last album in their "Christmas trilogy", with Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996) and The Christmas Attic (1998) coming before it. All three albums, as well as their The Ghosts of Christmas Eve DVD, were featured in the box set of The Christmas Trilogy. In 2012, Trans-Siberian Orchestra toured a live production of The Lost Christmas Eve for the first time and performed the rock opera in over 100 arena shows across North America. In late October 2013, TSO released a narrated version of The Lost Christmas Eve much like they did in 2012 with Beethoven's Last Night.

The Lost Christmas Eve was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in five weeks.[5] On March 27, 2013, the album was certified Double Platinum for shipment of two million copies in the United States since its 2004 release.[6] As of November 2014, The Lost Christmas Eve is the twentieth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States during the SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 2,380,000 copies according to SoundScan.[7]

  1. ^ O'Neill, Paul. "Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Q&A with Paul O'Neill: The Lost Christmas Eve Tour (TIMESTAMP: 0:44)" (Interview). YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 19 December 2019. 'The Lost Christmas Eve' was recorded in 2004
  2. ^ Queen of the Winter Night (track listing). Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Lava Records. 2004. PRCD 302006.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ Wizards in Winter (track listing). Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Lava Records. 2006. PRCD 302344.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ [The Lost Christmas Eve at AllMusic link]
  5. ^ Charlie Gibson / Diane Sawyer - Good Morning America, December 2005
  6. ^ "RIAA Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  7. ^ Billboard Staff (2014-12-01). "The Gifts That Keep on Giving: Biggest Radio and Album Hits of the Holidays". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2014-12-02.