Christmas 2025

• by Phil Plencner
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Christmas is here again! It is hard to believe that 2025 has flown by and it is time for festive holiday cheer already.

Of course, part of that festive holiday cheer is my annual Christmas playlist…now in it’s 17th year! You know the drill…

Every year there is a huge pile of new Christmas records that come out. I listen to a bunch of them (so you don’t have to) and select some gems from the overall batch of coal to include in the playlist. I also pepper it with classics from Christmases past…some well-known and some more obscure.

This year’s playlist collects 31 songs and will entertain listeners for a bit over an hour and a half. I hope it brings some cheer and optimism to you over the holiday season.

One thing is for sure: Every year for the past 17 years of playlists there have been no repeats! The exact same performance of the same song by the same artist has never reappeared on one of my playlists. However, every song is collected in a giant “Megamix” that has now swelled to an overwhelming 398 songs filling over 22 hours. That’s a lot of Christmas cheer!! Put that monstrosity on shuffle and you’ll feel like you’re living in the North Pole!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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