Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine reviewed the leaked material, and awarded it three stars out of five. Cinquemani commended the original material, highlighting "Every Day's Like Christmas" as the best track, and praised the album's mixture of Christmas music with disco and electronic dance music. However, he criticized Minogue's "lack of magic", and concluded "that's not to say an album of disco or EDM-infused holiday songs wouldn't have been predictable in its own way, but for a once fearlessly progressive pop star, the otherwise lovingly executed and heartwarming Kylie Christmas feels like a bit of a missed opportunity to innovate a well-worn genre." However, Andy Gill from "The Independent" awarded the album two stars. He criticised Minogue's lack of creative delivery, by stating "But they’re let down by the lack of character in Kylie’s delivery, most notably on “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”, a posthumous duet with Frank Sinatra, where his easy, relaxed manner is in sharp contrast to her discomfort." He commended the musical diversity of the tracks, highlighting "Let It Snow", "Winter Wonderland", and "Every Day's Like Christmas", and highlighted "White December", "Cried Out Christmas", and "Christmas Wrapping" as the best tracks. Lauren Murphy from "The Irish Times" argued the relevance of the album, by stating "We’ve heard it all before, so do we really need another pop star doing another bog-standard Christmas album with a sprinkling of festive cheese? To be fair, Kylie Minogue is better placed than most to do such an album, given her longevity in the business." Murphy concluded "2,000 Miles is one of the few saving graces on yet another inessential album that will have no bearing on your enjoyment of the festive season whatsoever." Several publications mentioned the album on their anticipated releases of 2015, including Unrealitytv.co.uk. In Australia, midweek expectations had the album inside the top ten. It later debuted at number 7, becoming Minogue's fifteenth top 10 album. In the United Kingdom, the midweek chart placed "Kylie Christmas" at number six, which would have made it her eleventh studio album to chart inside the top ten. However, on the week end of 19 November 2015, "Kylie Christmas" debuted at twelve on the UK Albums Chart. This became Minogue's first album to miss the top ten since her 1991 studio album, "Let's Get to It", which reached fifteen.