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Season 22 · On the air now
Christmas music, without the cheese.
Free streaming Christmas radio, hand-picked since 2004. On the air November 1 to January 1. Zero commercials. Zero singing dogs.
Press play. Your tree isn’t going to decorate itself.
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The elves tripped over a cable. The stream dropped for a second. Give it a moment and press play again. If it keeps happening, email support@tinselandtunes.com and we'll sort it out.
Our philosophy
We take Christmas music seriously. Somebody has to.
No novelty songs. No animal choirs. No song about a grandmother and a reindeer. Just the absolute best mix of Christmas music, chosen by a human with strong opinions about it.
Listen anywhere
there's a tree.
Free on every one of these. Always has been.
The app
iPhone, Android and CarPlay. Christmas in your pocket, all season long.
TuneIn
Streaming on TuneIn for over 20 years. Search “Tinsel & Tunes” anywhere it lives.
Sonos
Whole-house Christmas in under five minutes, through the free myTuner Radio service.
Can't decide?
That’s the beauty of it. Every option plays the same carefully chosen songs. Pick one and press play.
Listening worldwide
Christmas,
all over the map.
Kitchens, cars and night shifts in more than 150 countries, all tuned in to the same songs you are.
Can you find your glowing dot?
Listen live
Drag to spin the globe
The light that never goes out is the North Pole. The elves keep us playing in the workshop all season.
By the numbers.
41 million
listeners since 2004.
Seasons on the air
22
Songs played
212,377
App downloads
38,224
Commercials
0
New this season
The Naughty List.
Every song we will never, ever play, with a short explanation of why. Appeals are not accepted. Arguments in the comments are encouraged.
The Christmas ShoesNewSong, 2000
Engineered in a lab to make you cry in a department store. Denied with prejudice.
Jingle BellsThe Singing Dogs, 1955
Dogs are perfect. Dogs as a choir are not.
The Chipmunk SongAlvin and the Chipmunks, 1958
Pitch-shifting is a production technique, not a personality.
Program director since 2004
Our Mission
Christmas music is important to me. I know other people feel the same way!
When Tinsel & Tunes signed on for the first time in 2004, it was because I had a lot more on my mind than some holiday music for my family and friends. I actually wanted a Christmas radio station to listen to that didn’t dive into the depths of singing chipmunks and silly songs. Is there any other time of year you would listen to Alvin’s pitched-up voice cover your favorite band’s album? Or better yet, listen to a cat meow her way through an Ed Sheeran song?
Just because it’s Christmas, doesn’t mean it has to be tacky or sappy!
My goal has been to collect the finest mix of Christmas and holiday songs out there and pull them together on one radio station that is free for all to enjoy without the cheesy, goofy or just plain weird.
My promise to you is to deliver on this mission, for free, for as long as I can. Period.
And hey, if you love all that cheesy stuff. I hold no bad feelings. There are plenty of options out there to satisfy your sweet tooth.
Merry Christmas!
Mak McKeehan, Founder
22seasons on the air
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$0to listen, always
New for 2026 · Support the station
Keep the music playing.
In 22 years, Tinsel & Tunes has never played a single commercial, and it has always been free. Every season, listeners write in asking how they can support the station. So this year, for the first time, we're opening a tip jar.
Tinsel & Tunes is a passion project, run by one person, but keeping it on the air takes real time and real money. If the station has become part of your holidays and you'd like to say thanks, a tip of any size helps cover the music licensing, streaming servers, and apps that keep the station on the air.
Founder & program director
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Season launch, our favorite new Christmas songs, and the occasional strong opinion. Never spam. Never “Dominick the Donkey.”
Made with love (and strong opinions) in Nashville, Tennessee.
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