Fresh Holiday Playlists for the Road (or the House)

Holiday PlaylistIn case you just can’t get enough.

I’m counting down the minutes until I can ban Christmas music until next Thanksgiving. As much as I love the holidays, the only song I truly love is Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas,” which I can sing all year long. Apparently, so can a lot of people:

But my kids love Christmas music and they can’t wait to stream it in the car, blast it in the den and invade my office with it at all times of the year.

Ultimate holiday playlists that you won’t get tired of

So, we thought that as we head into the holiday weekend, short and long holiday road trips and more, we’d share with you some classic and creative play lists, as well as some of our favorite other playlists, which might make for welcome relief from a holiday music hangover.

From our friends at Jet Set Family, this might be the most creative and rocking holiday playlist we’ve ever seen! Christmas traditions with a rock-n-roll spin. Gems include artists you might expect (Paul McCartney, Jimmy Durante, Alvin & the Chipmunks and John Denver) to some great surprises (My Chemical Romance, Smashing Pumpkins, Joey Ramone, She & Him).

Live from a happening-right-now in the Kia Cadenza road trip, this is what Kristin Shaw and her family are rocking to as they make their way to Grandma’s house in Florida.

 

 

This holiday playlist evokes the spirit of the season and has some clever additions but doesn’t overplay the classics:

For those celebrating Hanukah, here’s a very modern and rockin’ playlist, included:

Need a Christmas music palate cleanser? Here are some playlists we love.

Coachella 2016 rewind, via Jet Set Family:

From our family time in the Chrysler Pacifica, what we loved listening to:

This will get your motor running, from our time in the Cadillac ATS-V:

And finally, soar above the clouds this season in the Nissan Rogue:

We hope you have a happy and singin’ holiday season!

Holiday Playlist

Scotty Reiss
Scotty Reiss

Journalist, entrepreneur and mom. Expertise includes new cars, family cars, 3-row SUVs, child passenger car seats and automotive careers and culture. A World Car Awards juror and member of the steering committee, Scotty likes to say the automotive business found her, rather than her finding it. But recognizing the opportunity to give voice to powerful female consumers and create a voice to match their spending power, her mission became to empower women as car buyers and owners. A career-long journalist, she has written for the New York Times, Town & Country, Adweek and co-authored the book Stew Leonard, My Story, a biography of the founder of the iconic grocery company Stew Leonard’s. Her love of cars started when her father insisted she learn to change the oil in her MG Midget, but now it mostly plays out in the many road trips taken with her family.

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