Heart Xmas

Heart Xmas does exactly one thing, and does it completely. This station is Christmas music relentlessly, the entire year round, for people who treat December first like New Year's Eve in reverse. The programming leans heavily on commercial holiday favorites - the songs that appear in every supermarket between October and February. You'll hear Mariah Carey, Wham!, and contemporary pop stars recorded singing jingles. A lot. The pacing never drags. Songs rotate quickly, maintaining momentum without becoming background noise. Some people find this comforting. Others consider it psychological warfa…