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  From coffee shops to convenience stores, your car radio to your dentist’s waiting room, it’s everywhere. You can’t escape the constant barrage of silver bells and dancing sugar plums hammering your eardrums. We’re just days away from Christmas, and the holiday-music-overdrive train shows no signs of slowing down. (It never does.) Plenty of people are groaning right now, but not all holiday music sucks. Some of the newer albums are actually pretty solid. If you’re not after a full album though, and you just want a handful of decent tracks for a playlist—stuff with a bit more personality—we’ve got you covered. So go ahead, mull some wine, get the fire going, and turn your speakers up loud enough to drown out your neighbor’s painful attempt at “Christmas Shoes.” You’ve got the old, classic favorites—the ones you actually look forward to hearing every year. Country fans get their fix of holiday twang. Modern tracks that still feel fresh bring something new to the table. And obviously...