Christmas Soul, various artists (Amazon)

And here's another Amazon playlist, which you can listen to as an Amazon Prime or Amazon Music customer with no further adieu, or you can graze the tracks and download them for your own mixes. As you've probably already guessed, this 2017 playlist hews toward the R'nB side of the street, and the majority of these tracks were commissioned by Amazon, so they're not available elsewhere, at least for now. Many are familiar R'nB holiday tunes, like the Soul Rebels' "What Christmas Means To Me," which is a boisterous take highlighted by the use of tuba instead of bass guitar; JC Brooks Band's solid cover of "Back Door Santa"; Marc Broussard's version of "Please Come Home For Christmas"; Dawn Richard's Prince tribute, "Another Lonely Christmas"; a hip-hop/chill take on the O'Jays' "Christmas Just Ain't Christmas" by Demo Taped; Don Bryant's tribute to the Otis Redding version of "White Christmas"; and Davie's cover of Stevie Wonder's "Someday at Christmas." Other tunes are familiar but get reimagined for this collection, like Ruth B's slow-jam version of "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," Nicole Atkins' funky version of "O Holy Night," and MAJOR's martial take on "Little Drummer Boy." Other tunes include Jungle Fire's funky instrumental "Jingle Fire," Robert Finley's fine blues "Merry Christmas, I Love You," Liz Brasher's 60s tribute "Only Gift I Need," and Diane Coffee skips to the 70s with the belting ballad "Let's Skip Christmas This Year." Hip-hop represents with Blu & Exile's hip-hop "Christmas Missed Us," Open Mike Eagle's "Snowsuit," and Buscabulla puts a Latin twist on with "Cantares." There's more, almost an hour and a half of holiday music, new or new to you, so check it out.