This time of year brings seasonal decorations, tempting treats, and cheesy songs on the radio. Keep the mood up with your own holiday soundtrack. The sites below offer free online Christmas music for you to enjoy throughout the season.

1. iHeart Christmas

iHeart Christmas

iHeartRadio is the home of many radio stations and artists, letting you listen to the radio in your browser. The iHeart Christmas station features an undisclosed selection of Christmas Hits, ranging from timeless classics to modern tunes. In addition to this station, you can find holiday-themed playlists and podcasts on iHeartRadio.

Logging in will let you follow your favorite content or creators, rate songs, and put together your own playlists. iHeartRadio is available for Android and iOS. With the Alexa app, you can enable iHeartRadio Alexa Skills.

2. Radio.net

Radio Net Christmas Stations

Radio.net hosts over 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 classical King FM Christmas. When you turn into a station, you might have to watch a video ad before the stream starts.

Radio.net uses cookies to keep track of stations, podcasts, or songs you played or liked; you can access your collection of saved items by clicking the heart in the top-right. If the web player doesn't do it for you, you can get Radio.net's app for Android and iOS. The mobile app even includes an alarm clock and sleep timer.

3. AccuRadio

AccuRadio Christmas Music

AccuRadio features a long list of holiday music channels, for example Acoustic Holiday, Christmas Country, Christmas Songs for Kids, Easy Listening Christmas, or Holiday Jazz. Their Christmas Music collection is essentially the same.

When you select a channel, it will autoplay from the built-in player at the bottom of the page. Log in with your Facebook account to blend multiple AccuRadio channels into your own mix. You can even ban artists you don't like.

4. Always-Christmas Radio

Always-Christmas Radio

Always-Christmas Radio is a station within the Swiss-based 1.FM online network. They play a mix of evergreen classics, like Bing Crosby's "Winter Wonderland" or contemporary interpretations, like Ariana Grande's "Santa Tell Me". You can log in to rate songs, set the sound quality of your stream (the default is "high quality"), or save your favorite stations.

5. Jingle Bell Jukebox

Jungle Bell Jukebox

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. Pick an album or collection from the More videos list to jump into other Christmas-themed albums or live streams available on YouTube.

6. Christmas Radio Stations

InternetRadio Christmas Radio Stations

If you just want to tune into a classic radio station with a touch of Christmas, head over to InternetRadio's selection of Christmas radio stations. Streaming at up to 192 Kbps, you'll find a range of stations spinning their seasonal picks in a mixture of genres.

Want to leave the page? You can pop out the station into a separate popup window. Sadly, they missed activating their SSL script for this feature, meaning your browser might highlight it as "not secure".

7. WebRadio.fm

WebRadioFM

Looking for a local station to ring in the season? WebRadio.fm features a list of US and international radio stations that feature a Christmas-themed channel.

The list of over-the-air broadcasters is sorted alphabetically by city, and most feature a web stream, but there's also a dedicated list for exclusive online streams towards the bottom of the page. We spotted locations across the US, Canada, and a few in the UK. Just click on a station name to be taken to the station's website, from where you can stream their holiday channel.

Your Christmas Music, Sorted

No matter your taste, there's a wealth of online streams to keep you rocking, swinging, or singing throughout the holidays. If you're looking for offline options, take a look at our selection of legal online sources to download free Christmas tunes.