It’s become a bit of a tradition now that each Christmas I set about working on a music playlist to replace some of the more traditional ones on radio and streaming services. I get slightly annoyed with them because they either feature songs that are clearly not Christmassy (slowed down pop tunes for festive adverts should not be there!) or they repeat the same classic tunes over and over.

When you sit down and delve into it, there are SO many Christmas songs out there. Some of them are those classics revisited and re-recorded, but there are also plenty of originals to feast upon too. So that’s why I am proud to present this year’s release: How a Christmas playlist should be done, Vol. 4.

You can also find the previous volumes linked below.

• Volume 1
• Volume 2
• Volume 3

It was four years between volumes 1 and 2, and then three more before volume 3 arrived. Now we’re just 12 short months later for the latest update. I have quite a few songs still in reserve so who knows when the next one will arrive?