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Sweet Christmas! Ethan’s 10 Most Vital Christmas Songs

Pop Heist's weird Managing Editor, Ethan Kaye, delivers a stocking full of his top Christmas tunes for Heistmas!

12:30 PM EST on December 18, 2025

Xmas singles and albums

Hey y'all, it's Ethan Kaye, Managing Editor, Biblical scholar, and the guy who sometimes vandalizes the Pop Heist newsletter when he's had too much sugar. I'm also the man who's got the holiday goods and wants to get them off his sweaty little mitts. My gift to you? A Spotify Christmas playlist that I put together! Just for you! My best friends!

Naturally, once the weather gets colder I start listening to Christmas music on my own because I don't ever leave the house anymore or go to places that play it. (My local Shop Rite, the one place I do visit, has a very eclectic store music DJ and instead of Christmas songs we get Joy Division and Nine Inch Nails. Seriously, they played NIN's "Sin" while I was shopping for fruit.) But I figured, what's the BEST OF THE BEST OF THE HOLIDAYS? And can I narrow it down to my Top 10 favorites for my friends who love Pop Heist? Of course I can! And I annotated it too!

Wait. Brett's telling me this was supposed to be short, just a piece for the newsletter. Ah well, I just made your Christmas gift super special this year!