December 19th, 2025
What's In-Store Music...
Holiday Edition!
Here we are, the final Friday before Christmas. Mall freeway exits are starting to back up, and parking spaces close to the stores are becoming harder to find as the last full weekend of holiday shopping gets underway. Inside the stores, Christmas music fills the air, your Christmas music!
There will be one more newsletter before we wrap up the 10th Annual What's In-Store Music Holiday Program. Until then, Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, and wishing you a happy, safe, and joyful holiday weekend.
Spotify
What's In-Store Music:
Holiday Edition
Listen to this year's list of terrific holiday songs playing overhead in stores, along with hits from past programs, by following our Spotify list, What's In-Store Music: holiday edition. Check out hits from Kylie Minogue, Freya Skye, LeAnn Rimes, Lee Brice, and more, and then listen for them playing overhead in stores all season long.
The 10th Annual
What's In-Store Music
Holiday Program
We Are Messengers
"We Three Kings"
Donovan Darnell
"Sugar Plum Fairy"
Lee Brice
"Single Bells"
Train
"This Christmas"
Straight No Chaser
"Christmas Is Different"
Angela Predhomme
"Unplugged Christmas"
Freya Skye
"Winter Dream"
Kelsey Hart
"Santa Had A Rough Year"
for King & Country
"Little Drummer Boy"
Tyra Madison
"Santa, Can You Fix A Broken Heart"
Karly C
"Cowgirl Christmas"
Linda Imperial
"Christmas, You and Me"
V & Bing Crosby
"White Christmas"
Jonas Brothers
"Coming Home This Christmas"
Kylie Minogue
"XMAS"
LeAnn Rimes
"All I Want For Christmas"
Train
"Shake Up Christmas"
Adelitas Way
"My Favorite Time of Year"
Freya Skye
"Winter Dream"
Harper Grace
"Country Christmas"
Donovan Darnell
"Sugar Plum Fairy"
"Sugar Plum Fairy simply conveys the Christmas spirit but in my own style with a warm and familiar feel. A fun song to share with your special someone… your Sugar Plum Fairy."
- Donovan Darnell
Dionya Marie
"Missing You Underneath The Mistletoe"
Sarah Reeves ft. Clark Beckham
"Winter Wonderland"
Shantell Ogden
"Music City Mistletoe"
Judy Pancoast
"The House On Christmas Street"
James Robert Webb
"Merry Magical Christmas"
Shekinah
"Christmas Nation Of Joy"
Video of the Week:
Blanca
"O Come, All Ye Faithful (Gloria)"
Kimberly Dawn
"HoHo Holdin' You"
Laura Bryna
"Wishlist"
Antherius
"The Christmas Tree"
Kelvin Frazier, Ph.D.
"Christmas My Favorite Time of Year"
Mary Sarah
"Single Bells"
Blackmore's Night
"Christmas Eve"
Antherius
"The Christmas Tree"
WAR
"Yes, It's Christmas"
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
"Christmas Eve Sarajevo 12 24"
Linda Imperial
"Christmas In The Tropics"
Sia
"Santa's Coming For Us"
Matt Nathanson
"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
The Phoenix Within
"This Holiday Break"
Video of the Week:
Hannah Ellis & Nick Wayne
"Christmas At 60 MPH"
Threestyle ft. Magdalena Chovancova, Robert Fertl, Gabriela Konrad, Damon Dae
"Oh! It’s Christmas"
The Phoenix Within
"Wish for Difference"
LOCASH
"Snow Angel"
Casey McQuillen
"Christmas Morning (I'll Be Home)"
SIA
"Snowman"
Kimberly Dawn
"You and Christmas"
Wyn Starks
"Pure Imagination"
Dylan Scott
"Two Christmas Trees"
Hannah Ellis & Nick Wayne
"Christmas At 60 MPH"
Jonas Brothers
"Coming Home This Christmas"
Wyn Starks
"Pure Imagination"
Eagles
"Please Come Home For Christmas"
Donny Hathaway
"This Christmas"
BROWN & GRAY
"COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS"
Tora Woloshin
"Merry Holidays"
Juliana Hale
"All I Want For Christmas"
The Lords of Easton
"We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
Holiday Out & About
with Kelvin Frazier, PhD
At the MIT Tech Reunion - 2025.
MIT Tech Reunion 2025 recently got a dose of science and soul as Dr. Kelvin Frazier PhD '15 - chemist, educator, and Billboard-charting R&B artist - stepped out from behind the lab bench and into the spotlight. The event, inspired by Slice of MIT's feature "Chemist Gets Great Reaction as R&B Artist," celebrated Frazier's remarkable dual life in both academia and music. Guests were treated to an intimate performance of his smooth R&B hits, including his Billboard single "Marked and Scarred," alongside stories from his journey - from earning his PhD in chemistry at MIT to teaching in Hawaii and pursuing his passion for music at Berklee College of Music.
The evening pulsed with energy and inspiration, proving that innovation thrives wherever creativity takes root - whether in the lab, the classroom, or under stage lights.
Make sure to keep an ear out for Kelvin's new holiday song, "Christmas My Favorite Time of Year", as it plays overhead in retailers while you're out and about.
Ksenia
"no boys christmas"
SO GOOD
"GIVE ME MY PRESENTS"
Blanca
"O Come, All Ye Faithful (Gloria)"
Olivia Rox
"Cold Toes"
The Lords of Easton
"Jingle Bells"
Have a great week,
Scott Emerson