December 26th, 2025
What's In-Store Music...
Holiday Edition!
This is the final newsletter for the 10th annual What's In-Store Music Holiday Program. A final Wrap-Up Chart will be posted when we return from the break. A link to it will be e-mailed to you when it's ready, and that will do it. Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's program. Because of you, this was one of our most successful yet, and we are extremely grateful. All of us at What's In-Store Music hope you and your family continue to enjoy a wonderful holiday season and have a Happy New Year!
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
Tyra Madison
"Santa, Can You Fix A Broken Heart"
Karly C
"Cowgirl Christmas"
We Are Messengers
"We Three Kings"
Donovan Darnell
"Sugar Plum Fairy"
Dionya Marie
"Missing You Underneath The Mistletoe"
Sarah Reeves ft. Clark Beckham
"Winter Wonderland"
Wyn Starks
"Pure Imagination"
Kelsey Hart
"Santa Had A Rough Year"
for King & Country
"Little Drummer Boy"
Freya Skye
"Winter Dream"
Harper Grace
"Country Christmas"
Lee Brice
"Single Bells"
Train
"This Christmas"
Casey McQuillen
"Christmas Morning (I'll Be Home)"
Straight No Chaser
"Christmas Is Different"
Angela Predhomme
"Unplugged Christmas"
Linda Imperial
"Christmas, You and Me"
V & Bing Crosby
"White Christmas"
Train
"Shake Up Christmas"
Adelitas Way
"My Favorite Time of Year"
Karly C
"Cowgirl Christmas"
"I wasn't planning on writing a Christmas song when I stopped by Boot Barn to 'look around.' But the second I walked in and smelled that leather, I spotted a pair of baby blue (my favorite color) cowgirl boots that I knew I had to have. While trying them on, a melody popped into my head. I pulled out my phone and typed:
'All I wanna see under the Christmas tree are cowgirl boots with a note from Santa to me.' By the time I got home, the whole song idea was done. Sometimes inspiration doesn't wait; it just shows up in aisle three of Boot Barn!"
- Karly C
Kylie Minogue
"XMAS"
LeAnn Rimes
"All I Want For Christmas"
Antherius
"The Christmas Tree"
Kelvin Frazier, Ph.D.
"Christmas My Favorite Time of Year"
Shantell Ogden
"Music City Mistletoe"
Judy Pancoast
"The House On Christmas Street"
Video of the Week:
Train
"Shake Up Christmas"
James Robert Webb
"Merry Magical Christmas"
Shekinah
"Christmas Nation Of Joy"
Kimberly Dawn
"HoHo Holdin' You"
Laura Bryna
"Wishlist"
Linda Imperial
"Christmas In The Tropics"
Sia
"Santa's Coming For Us"
Jonas Brothers
"Coming Home This Christmas"
Eagles
"Please Come Home For Christmas"
Donny Hathaway
"This Christmas"
WAR
"Yes, It's Christmas"
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
"Christmas Eve Sarajevo 12 24"
Matt Nathanson
"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
The Phoenix Within
"This Holiday Break"
Video of the Week:
by Toby Gad and Joelle James
"Kiss Me For Christmas"
Threestyle ft. Magdalena Chovancova, Robert Fertl, Gabriela Konrad, Damon Dae
"Oh! It’s Christmas"
The Phoenix Within
"Wish for Difference"
Mary Sarah
"Single Bells"
Blackmore's Night
"Christmas Eve"
SIA
"Snowman"
Kimberly Dawn
"You and Christmas"
Freya Skye
"Winter Dream"
Jonas Brothers
"Coming Home This Christmas"
Wyn Starks
"Pure Imagination"
Dylan Scott
"Two Christmas Trees"
Hannah Ellis & Nick Wayne
"Christmas At 60 MPH"
LOCASH
"Snow Angel"
Casey McQuillen
"Christmas Morning (I'll Be Home)"
Juliana Hale
"All I Want For Christmas"
The Lords of Easton
"We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
BROWN & GRAY
"COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS"
Tora Woloshin
"Merry Holidays"
Out & About
with Casey McQuillen
From the "Better" tour
Photo credits: Taylor Flynn, Tilburg Netherlands and James Kay, Freiberg, Germany
What an amazing month of tour dates for Plymouth Rock Recording artist Casey McQuillen, who wowed crowds in the UK, the Netherlands, and Germany with her impressive vocal range and thought-provoking lyrics. With songs like "Better Than This", "Good", and "Better", you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone in the audience who couldn't relate to her music. Keep an ear out for Casey's new holiday song, Christmas Morning (I'll Be Home), as it plays overhead in retailers while you're out and about.
Blanca
"O Come, All Ye Faithful (Gloria)"
Olivia Rox
"Cold Toes"
Ksenia
"no boys christmas"
SO GOOD
"GIVE ME MY PRESENTS"
The Lords of Easton
"Jingle Bells"
Have a great week,
Scott Emerson