The 2025 Holiday Music That Doesn't Suck Playlist

Hello, holiday heads! It's time once again for one of my favorite traditions of the year, my annual Holiday Music That Doesn't Suck playlist. As usual, I've been working on this one since before I published last year's; that's just the way it is when you collect holiday music the way that I do.

Anyway, I spend longer on these liner notes than anyone will listening to this thing, so enough with the intro, let's get to the tunes!

Being Santa is just my side hustle; really I play guitar in a Dylan cover band...

▶ Before we begin the festivities, if you're one those sickos who uses music streaming apps, here's this year's playlist on Spotify and Apple Music. ◀ 

NB: these versions are missing some tracks.