The weird, wonderful world of Spotify’s many Christmas playlists

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and, if you’re like me, a time to bathe in the cascade of Christmas songs, Grinches and Scrooges be damned. 

For a solid month between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day, it is wall-to-wall Christmas music, flooding out of every speaker, radio, and PA system you come across. This may sound like hell to some people but, reader, those people are wrong. 

Making things even more fun, streaming platforms have revolutionized the way we can consume Christmas music: no ads, access to just about every possible version of every possible Christmas song, and, most importantly, the curated playlist.  Read more…

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