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Your annual holiday<\/a> party and cookie exchange may be canceled, but there’s no reason you still can’t still create a festive<\/a> atmosphere for your nearest and dearest at home<\/a> this year. Even if you’re just celebrating<\/a> with immediate family, all you really need to set the mood is a merry little Christmas playlist.<\/p>\n

Although 2020 has been challenging, to say the least, you can still make the most of the holiday season<\/a> by curating the perfect playlist to accompany your scaled-down family dinner. Not only will holiday-themed tunes help set the mood, but they might even help recapture some of the holiday magic you’re missing due to COVID-19 safety restrictions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cMusic helps me take my mind off of what is going on in the world,\u201d says Ayelet Shiffman, Senior Vice President and Head of Promotions at Island Records<\/a>. \u201cIt helps me smile. I love holiday<\/a> songs, the classics as well as new ones from artists doing their own renditions. A good holiday playlist needs to be fun, uplifting, but also festive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schiffman has several favorite tricks for creating the ultimate Christmas playlist. \u201cI like to put a good mix of songs and artists I love,\u201d she says. \u201cIt needs to have up and downtempo elements so the order of the playlist is extremely important to me. It has to play in my order, not on shuffle! For me, it’s about making it fun and thinking about what can be played during a holiday dinner.\u201d Read on for the top 10 songs she has in constant rotation this year:<\/p>\n

\u201cAll I Want For Christmas Is You\u201d Mariah Carey<\/h2>\n
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\u201cBaby, It’s Cold Outside\u201d John Legend with Kelly Clarkson<\/h2>\n
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\u201cJingle Bell Rock\u201d Bobby Helms<\/h2>\n
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\u201cRockin’ Around the Christmas Tree\u201d Kacey Musgraves<\/h2>\n
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\u201cDo They Know It’s Christmas?\u201d Band Aid<\/h2>\n
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\u201cMistletoe\u201d Justin Bieber<\/h2>\n
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\u201cLast Christmas\u201d Wham!<\/h2>\n
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\u201cHave Yourself a Merry Little Christmas\u201d Sam Smith<\/h2>\n
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\u201cIt’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas\u201d Michael Buble<\/h2>\n
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\u201cThe Christmas Song\u201d Shawn Mendez and Camila Cabello<\/h2>\n
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What’s on your Christmas playlist? Tell us in the comments–and shop Holiday<\/a> styles to wear through the festive season!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Your annual holiday party and cookie exchange may be canceled, but there’s no reason you still can’t still create a festive atmosphere for your nearest and dearest at home this year. Even if you’re just celebrating with immediate family, all you really need to set the mood is a merry little Christmas playlist. Although 2020… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":245468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42077],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nUltimate Christmas Playlist: A Music Exec's Top Picks - Lulus.com Fashion Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"All you really need to set the merry mood is a great Christmas playlist. 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