Christmas carols – you either love them or you hate them. Some get it right, while others make you want to crawl under a blanket and hide until January. So whether you’re scarred from childhood Christmas recitals or are just a downright Scrooge, we’ve got the Christmas playlist for you. We turn the dial up on the classics, a few slow-jazz renditions and something with a bit more of a beat.

1. Chilly winds don’t blow (Fink remix) – Nina Simone
2. Winter wonderland (Christian Prommer remix) – Shirley Horn
3. Love is Christmas – Sara Bareilles
4. Christmas without you – One Repubilc
5. Jolis sapins -Carla Bruni
6. Mistletoe – Colbie Caillat
7. Only you (with James Corden) – Kylie Minogue
8. Holiday made for two – Dave Barnes
9. Favourite time of the year – India.Arie
10. Christmas lights – Coldplay
11. Happy Xmas (war is over) – John Lennon
12. Christmas in Hollis – RUN-DMC
13. It doesn’t often snow at Christmas – Pet Shop Boys
14. What Christmas means to me – Stevie Wonder
15. The Christmas song – Diana Krall
16. Silver bells – Sam Levine
17. All my Christmases – Jillian Edwards
18. Carol of the bells – Destiny’s Child
19. River – Joni Mitchell
20. Have yourself a merry little Christmas – Sam Smith

And it wouldn’t be Christmas without playing this at least once (or a thousand times):

21. All I want for Christmas is you – Mariah Carey