--- title: Christmas Music Classics : Listen to TIME's Favorite Holiday Tunes Playlist description: Look, if you want to hate Christmas music, that's fine. I'm sure your blackened soul will make it to January reputation intact. But I'm a... canonical: https://time.com/archive/7124732/hark-listen-to-times-favorite-holiday-tunes-on-spotify/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2011-12-02T19:54:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-16T06:42:12.959Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Hark! Listen to TIME's Favorite Holiday Tunes on Spotify og:description: You bring the eggnog. We'll bring the soundtrack. og:url: https://time.com/archive/7124732/hark-listen-to-times-favorite-holiday-tunes-on-spotify/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta66563ade66f2986/698a908fd07533d5d6e7694f/112799189.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: ABC's "Charlie Brown" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hark! Listen to TIME's Favorite Holiday Tunes on Spotify twitter:description: You bring the eggnog. We'll bring the soundtrack. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta66563ade66f2986/698a908fd07533d5d6e7694f/112799189.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) # Hark! Listen to TIME's Favorite Holiday Tunes on Spotify by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Dec 2, 2011 7:54 PM UTC  67505\_006 - "A Charlie Brown Christmas" - When Charlie Brown complains about the overwhelming materialism he sees amongst everyone during the Christmas season, Lucy suggests he become director of the school Christmas pageant. Charlie Brown accepts, but it proves to be a frustrating struggle; and when an attempt to restore the proper spirit with a forlorn little fir Christmas tree fails, he needs Linus' help to learn what the real meaning of Christmas is. "A Charlie Brown Christmas" airs on Thursday, December 6 and Sunday, December 16 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images) 67505\_006 - "A Charlie Brown Christmas" - When Charlie Brown complains about the overwhelming materialism he sees amongst everyone during the Christmas season, Lucy suggests he become director of the school Christmas pageant. Charlie Brown accepts, but it proves to be a frustrating struggle; and when an attempt to restore the proper spirit with a forlorn little fir Christmas tree fails, he needs Linus' help to learn what the real meaning of Christmas is. "A Charlie Brown Christmas" airs on Thursday, December 6 and Sunday, December 16 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images)ABC via Getty Images—2011 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Dec 2, 2011 7:54 PM UTC Look, if you want to hate Christmas music, that’s fine. I’m sure your blackened soul will make it to January reputation intact. But I’m a holiday song connoisseur, and no, I don’t care what you think. more During the holidays we’re subjected to hours of astonishingly bad renditions of _O Holy Night_ and campy ballads about mistletoe, as in, rhymes with snow! (Yeah, I’m looking at you, Bieber.) But, at the core of this musical merchandising vehicle is a wonderful yearly tradition that connects us with genres and artists that might be otherwise lost to us. I discovered some of my favorite artists, like Brenda Lee, through listening to their greatest holiday hits as a kid. And like wine, the stuff only seems to get better with age. This means I’ll gladly take a vintage Burl over a Biebs any day. This season, we’ve put our favorite holiday classics (new and old) into one [40-song playlist](http://open.spotify.com/user/time/playlist/5HG6kaLWLVnajRlzXcTAFm). Otis Redding, The Ronettes, Chuck Berry mix it up with the likes of Bing Crosby, Andy Williams and Elvis, while still making room for newcomers like Sufjan Stevens and The Waitresses. We’ve even added our two favorite Hanukkah tracks. If you’ve got any other suggestions, please drop them in the comments. Head over to TIME’s [Spotify page](http://open.spotify.com/user/time/playlist/5HG6kaLWLVnajRlzXcTAFm) for the yuletide cheer – even you Grinches. It’s never too late to embrace your inner holly jolly. Happy Holidays. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7124732/hark-listen-to-times-favorite-holiday-tunes-on-spotify/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7124732/hark-listen-to-times-favorite-holiday-tunes-on-spotify/"},"headline":"Hark! Listen to TIME's Favorite Holiday Tunes on Spotify","datePublished":"2011-12-02T19:54:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-16T06:42:12.959Z","description":"Look, if you want to hate Christmas music, that's fine. I'm sure your blackened soul will make it to January reputation intact. 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