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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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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.
Apple TV
The Fireplace
Our mix, over a crackling fire, on the biggest screen in the house. No chimney required.
Can't decide?
That’s the beauty of it. Every option plays the same carefully chosen songs. Pick one and press play.
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
We send about four emails a year. They're excellent.
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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