Here's an all-purpose Christmas playlist. I wish I had the time to separate the Advent from the Christmas so this could be liturgically accurate, but I don't. Here is the playlist from last year.

Instead, here is 2 1/2 hours of, well, music that does what it says on the label. This should get you through even the most hellish of parties or tree decorating. Starts out upbeat, ends quiet and contemplative (hey! like me at hellish parties!). If you are hosting, the music should have people leaving by around the 2 hour mark.

That's all for now, but kindly tune in next week when I will be writing about how I grew up not celebrating Christmas.