SomaFM's Christmas Lounge is the network's holiday retreat, streaming at a lush 256k. Run by the San Francisco listener-supported service Rusty Hodge founded in 2000, it trades frantic holiday novelty for something smoother: lounge, jazz and downtempo takes on Christmas standards, plus vintage seasonal crooners. It is the SomaFM way to do December — festive, mellow and commercial-free, suitable for tree-trimming without the sugar rush.
