Get Festive //MassiveMusic Curated Holiday Playlist

MassiveMusic MENA, the region’s leading, award-winning sonic identity and music creative agency is getting festive, with a newly-released holiday playlist featuring everything from uplifting beats to soothing sounds.

Created by Julie Hanse, Director of Partnerships at MassiveMusic, the playlist – now streaming on Spotify – is a thoughtfully curated collection of songs to suit every festive mood, from getting ready for a big night out to a cozy evening in with some downtime.

“For many, the holiday season is a huge time for celebration, but December is also a time for rest, relaxing and recentering,” she said. “Packed shopping malls, an abundance of sugar, social gatherings, blaring music and endless chiming sleigh bells can become overwhelming after a while.  When asked to put together my go-to holiday playlist, my goal was to create a combination of uplifting tunes and soothing sounds to bring a healthy balance during the holiday hustle.”

Here are Julie’s top 10 festive tracks, available on Spotify:  

·       Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – Bruce Springsteen

·       Merry Christmas Baby – Otis Redding

·       Christmas Wrapping – The Waitresses

·       Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley

·       River – Joni Mitchell

·       Please Come Home for Christmas – Eagles

·       Baby Jesus Is Nobody’s Baby Now – Julia Jacklin

·       White Winter Hymnal – Fleet Foxes

·       Christmas Time is Here (Instrumental) – Vince Guaraldi Trio

·       Silver and Gold – (from Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer soundtrack) – Burl Ives

With more than a decade of global music experience, Julie is leading MassiveMusic MENA’s partnership growth strategy, securing new opportunities for collaboration, and developing and managing relationships with key partners and clients. The company was the Authorised Music Curator for the recent 2025 Dubai Fitness Challenge, creating special soundtracks to boost mood, motivation and performance among the millions of UAE citizens and residents who took part. MassiveMusic has also created festive campaigns for brands like LEGO, Boots, Mercedes-Benz and more.

Julie graduated from the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied music business, law and production. Before joining MassiveMusic in Dubai, she worked for Kobalt Music Group, 300 Entertainment and The Orchard (Sony Music). She has also recently completed an MSc in Strategic Marketing at Imperial College Business School in London, concentrating on the impact of emerging technologies on the music industry.

MassiveMusic Dubai creates music branding and sonic identities for some of the Middle East’s biggest brands and most famous household names, including TikTok, Careem, Qatar Airways, AROYA Cruises, Nakheel and BSF.