The holidays on SiriusXM are a proper event. Every November, the service flips on a seasonal power-bank of dedicated channels so you can set the mood.
They feature carols, Latin Navidad bangers, instrumental dinner music, and hard-rocking Christmas cuts. Some of these run year-round, while others appear on the satellite and in the app through late December or early January.
The complete list of Christmas channels on SiriusXM
Below are the holiday channels grouped by genre:
Contemporary
These channels play fresh holiday hits and modern standards. These are ideal if you want upbeat, sing-along mixes and the current seasonal staples:
- Ch. 4 — Holly: This is SiriusXM’s contemporary pop holiday station. You’ll hear big seasonal staples (Mariah, Michael Bublé, Kelly Clarkson) mixed with newer seasonal pop.
- Ch. 17 — Jimmy Fallon: Holiday Seasoning Radio: Includes novelty moments, exclusive mixes and occasional interviews or dedications.
- Billboard Holiday: This is a temporary channel found on the app only. It focuses on chart-based seasonal hits of each year with countdowns or “holiday chart” features.
Traditional and classic Christmas
If your ideal holiday soundtrack is Bing, Nat King Cole, Andy Williams and orchestral carols, these channels are where you park the dinner table:
- Ch. 71/602 — Holiday Traditions: This is a year-round playlist of mid-20th-century holiday music.
- Holiday Pops: This is a purely app only channel, but on select dates and windows it’s available on satellite as Ch. 76. The station features choirs, orchestras, and the big choral standards. You’ll find Boston Pops-style arrangements, King’s College carols, and sacred choral staples.
- Classical Christmas: This is a seasonal and app only station with a deeper classical offering focusing on orchestral masterpieces, liturgical choral works and large-scale classical holiday pieces.
- Ch. 58/79 — Country Christmas: Best if you love classic and contemporary country holiday songs. They play Johnny Cash-era croons to modern artists like Carrie Underwood and Lainey Wilson.
Jazz, Soul, Rock, and R&B holidays
For mellow holiday sessions or a soulful seasonal mood, choose from the jazz and soul channels. All these channels are available on the app only and they are seasonal:
- Cool Jazz Christmas: If you want instrumental sophistication and understated arrangements (piano trios, soft sax, lounge takes), this channel sets that ambiance.
- Real Jazz Holiday/Jazz Holidays: The main playlist here has Ella Fitzgerald holiday numbers, jam-worthy jazz takes of carols, and modern jazz artists’ seasonal interpretations.
- Smokey’s Holiday Soul Town/Holiday Soul: Here the focus is on soul-and-R&B holiday classics from Motown through contemporary soul. They also have select windows in which they are available via satellite.
- Rockin’ Xmas: Digs into guitar, high-energy holiday tracks. It also has classic rock covers, live recordings, and humorous music.
- Jingle Jamz: This station majors on holiday hip-hop and R&B flavors. If you prefer beats and modern production in your seasonal mix, this is where you’ll find remix-friendly holiday spins.
- Jolly Christmas: This is the upbeat sing-along SiriusXM radio that plays wide-appeal party hits and family favorites. You will find everything from Alvin & the Chipmunks to chart toppers.
Kids and family holiday programming
Child-friendly tracks, stories, and gentle seasonal shows live here:
- Kids Christmas: This is an app only and seasonal channel. It gives you kid-safe, playful holiday songs, sing-alongs and family stories with the Cocomelon-style warmth.
- Ch. 63/65 — Christmas Spirit: Has Christian and family-friendly worship music with a holiday focus. It features Lauren Daigle, Amy Grant, MercyMe and similar artists.
Instrumental, acoustic and chill holiday channels
These channels are designed to sit in the background with instrumental, acoustic, downtempo and mood music that complements conversation. They are all seasonal and available on app only:
- Holiday Instrumentals: Just as the name suggests, this station has instrumental featuring orchestral, piano, and string arrangements of holiday favorites without vocals.
- Acoustic Christmas: Remixes or strips holiday songs down to singer-songwriter arrangements of guitars, intimate vocal takes, folk renditions.
- Holiday Chill-Out / Holiday Calm: Leans on electronic and downtempo seasonal background music.
Orchestral and themed artist channels
SiriusXM dedicates channels to heavyweight seasonal producers and touring ensembles that have created distinct holiday catalogs. The list of Christmas channels on SiriusXM under this genre are also seasonal and available on app only:
- Mannheim Steamroller Channel: Has Chip Davis’s signature neo-classical holiday arrangements and the Fresh Aire catalog.
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra Radio: Focuses on TSO’s bombastic, prog-rock holiday epics like big guitar, choir swells, and dramatic arrangements.
- Transformed artist pages and Elvis/artist specials: Rather than a permanent Elvis “Christmas” channel every year, SiriusXM often programs Elvis-centric holiday specials on Elvis Radio.
Latin and international holiday channels
Channels here present Spanish-language, francophone or global holiday traditions:
- Navidad: Navidad serves Latin holiday music from Ricky Martin to José Feliciano and regional seasonal classics up to January 6. If your holiday soundscape includes salsa, bachata, regional pop and traditional Latin carols, this is the channel you’ll want.
- Noël Incontournable: This Francophone holiday feed plays Quebecois and French seasonal favorites. It is perfect for bilingual households or anyone who prefers francophone holiday entertainment.
New holiday channels
These additional channels are mentioned in SiriusXM’s official 2025 press release that they will be available this year:
- Hallmark Channel Radio: This will be a festive station tied to Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas movie season, playing timeless carols and film-featured music with warmth and story segments. It will appear on the app and on satellite as channel 105.
- Holidays with Anne Murray & Friends: This too is a new SiriusXM seasonal channel for 2025, featuring Anne Murray’s holiday classics and stories
- Sleep Christmas: A dedicated relaxation channel offering meditative, calming versions of holiday tunes, intended for restful listening through the season.
- Radio Hanukkah: This is a Jewish holiday music and reflections radio station. It is dedicated to Hanukkah themes, music, and cultural content; operational for a limited period in December on SiriusXM’s app.