Holiday Playlist Generator

Holiday playlist · cozy

🕯️ Cozy Christmas

Fireside, acoustic, calm

12 songs · roughly 45 minutes of listening

1. 01 · River

   1971

   Joni Mitchell

   The melancholy 'I wish I had a river' is the start of the season for many.

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2. 02 · Christmas Time Is Here

   1965

   Vince Guaraldi Trio

   Charlie Brown jazz. Universally comforting.

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3. 03 · Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

   1944

   Judy Garland

   The original recording. The most-felt Christmas song.

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4. 04 · The Christmas Song

   1946

   Nat King Cole

   Chestnuts roasting. The most-recorded Christmas song.

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5. 05 · I'll Be Home for Christmas

   1943

   Bing Crosby

   Originally for soldiers away from home — still hits.

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6. 06 · Winter Song

   2008

   Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson

   Modern cozy. The perfect snow-falling soundtrack.

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7. 07 · In the Bleak Midwinter

   2004

   James Taylor

   Christina Rossetti's poem set to music. Profoundly quiet.

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8. 08 · Snow Is Falling in Manhattan

   2019

   David Berman

   The late David Berman's haunting Christmas-adjacent song.

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9. 09 · Auld Lang Syne

   2008

   Sufjan Stevens

   From his Christmas box set. Whispered, gentle, perfect for late December.

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10. 10 · Mary Did You Know

    2014

    Pentatonix

    A cappella restraint. Even non-religious listeners feel it.

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11. 11 · Snowfall

    1968

    Tony Bennett

    Bennett's jazz reading of an instrumental classic.

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12. 12 · Christmas in Heaven

    2010

    Jamey Johnson

    Country pacing, deep cozy.

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