The 25 best playlists for a holiday party

Ten hours from a Times Magazine writer, built to carry a whole party, with her own guided tour.

Found in: The New York Times Magazine

Spotify's own: holiday songs next to pop hits, so it sounds like a party, not a mall.

Found in: Spotify's own editors

The upbeat one: Jingle Bell Rock, Feliz Navidad and everything people sing along to.

Found in: Hypebot: the best Christmas playlists · Spotify's own editors

Instrumental Christmas songs for the first hour, when people are still in their coats.

Found in: Spotify's own editors

Piano, big band and a New York hotel-lobby feel, updated every season.

Found in: artist.tools: top dinner party playlists

Easy jazz, lounge and bossa nova versions of the classics: Tony Bennett, Beegie Adair, New York Jazz Trio.

Found in: artist.tools: top Christmas playlists

Fifty-two songs for when the rug gets rolled up. Saved by nearly 40,000 people.

Found in: Spotify save counts

186 songs, saved more than 17,000 times, for people who are tired of the same twenty.

Found in: Spotify save counts

1940s to 1970s: Nat King Cole, Bing, Ella. The one your parents' party played.

Found in: Spotify Newsroom: holiday party · Spotify's own editors

The biggest Christmas songs of all time, in one place.

Found in: Spotify Newsroom: holiday party · Hypebot: the best Christmas playlists

Warm instrumental versions, quiet enough to talk over.

Found in: Hypebot: the best Christmas playlists

New and classic Christmas pop, Ariana Grande to Wham!

Found in: Spotify Newsroom: holiday party

The seasonal playlist for a crowd that would rather not hear Mariah again.

Found in: Hypebot: the best Christmas playlists

She and Him and friends: acoustic, a little wintry.

Found in: Hypebot: the best Christmas playlists

105 swinging versions from Tony Bennett, Ella, Sinatra, Diana Krall and Duke Ellington.

Found in: artist.tools: top Christmas playlists · Spotify save counts

Christmases past, the 40s to the 70s, jazzy and a little crackly.

Found in: Spotify save counts

Holiday songs mixed with non-holiday ones, so dinner doesn't feel like a commercial.

Found in: Spotify save counts

A fan's idea of what's playing in East Hampton on Christmas. Not Ina's own, but very Barefoot.

Found in: Spotify save counts

Fourteen odd, good Christmas songs, saved over 3,000 times. For the friends who stay.

Found in: Spotify save counts

Tinsel, lights and yelling: songs that work when the kids are at the party too.

Found in: Spotify's own editors

Holiday songs re-recorded by today's artists. Nobody will have heard these versions.

Found in: Spotify Newsroom: holiday party

The season from country artists, for a party with a bourbon table.

Found in: Spotify Newsroom: holiday party

Rockin' around the Christmas table, from the British cookware shop that read thousands of party playlists.

Found in: Lakeland: 2,275 dinner party playlists, read

The coffee shop's season: classics and pop. Good for an afternoon open house.

Found in: Spotify's own editors

Mariah, Wham! and the Ronettes, all upbeat, followed by about 61,000 people.

Found in: isitagoodplaylist: follower counts