This time of year brings seasonal decorations, tempting treats, and cheesy songs on the radio. Keep the spirits up with your own Christmas soundtrack. The following sites offer free online Christmas music for you to enjoy all season long.
iHeartRadio is home to many radio stations and artists, allowing you to listen to the radio in your browser. The iHeart Christmas station features an unrevealed selection of holiday hits, ranging from timeless classics to modern tunes. In addition to this station, you can find Christmas-themed playlists and podcasts on iHeartRadio.
Signing in will allow you to follow your favorite content or creators, rate songs, and build your own playlists. iHeartRadio is available for Android and iOS. With the Alexa app, you can enable iHeartRadio Alexa Skills.
Radio.net hosts more than 60,000 radio stations and more than two million podcasts. The network contains a sizable collection of Christmas stations, including 80s80sXmas, North Pole Radio, and Seattle’s classic King FM Christmas. When you become a station, you may need to watch a video ad before the broadcast begins.
Radio.net uses cookies to keep track of the stations, podcasts or songs you played or liked; you can access your collection of saved items by clicking on the heart in the top right corner. If the web player doesn’t do it for you, you can get the Radio.net app to Android Y iOS. The mobile app even includes an alarm clock and a sleep timer.
AccuRadio features a long list of Christmas music channels, for example Acoustic Holiday, Christmas Country, Christmas Songs for Kids, Easy Listening Christmas or Holiday Jazz. Your Christmas music the collection is essentially the same.
When you select a channel, it will automatically play from the embedded player at the bottom of the page. Log in with your Facebook account to combine multiple AccuRadio channels into your own mix. You can even ban artists you don’t like.
Always-Christmas Radio is a station within the 1.FM online network based in Switzerland. They play a mix of timeless classics, like Bing Crosby’s “Winter Wonderland” or contemporary interpretations, like Ariana Grande’s “Santa Tell Me.” You can sign in to rate songs, set the sound quality of your stream (default is “high quality”), or save your favorite stations.
Jingle Bell Jukebox features a timeless selection of Christmas tunes from the likes of Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin and more. However, the site is just a wrapper for a 12 hour YouTube video. Choose an album or collection from the More videos ready to jump to other Christmas-themed albums or live streams available on YouTube.
If you just want to tune in to a classic radio station with a Christmas twist, head over to InternetRadio’s selection of Christmas radio stations. Streaming at up to 192 Kbps, you’ll find a variety of stations spinning their seasonal selections in a mix of genres.
Do you want to leave the page? You can open the station in a separate popup window. Unfortunately, they didn’t enable their SSL script for this feature, which means your browser might flag it as “not secure”.
Are you looking for a local station to receive the season? WebRadio.fm presents a list of US and international radio stations that have a Christmas-themed channel.
The list of over-the-air stations is arranged alphabetically by city, with most featuring a webcast, but there’s also a dedicated list for exclusive online streams at the bottom of the page. We looked at locations in the US, Canada, and a few in the UK. Just click on a station name to go to the station’s website, from where you can stream your vacation channel.
Your Christmas music, ordered
Regardless of your taste, there are plenty of streams online to keep you rocking, swaying, or singing throughout the holidays. If you’re looking for offline options, take a look at our selection of legal online sources for free Christmas song downloads.