It’s that time of the year again. SIRIUS XM Radio announced its extensive holiday music lineup featuring five commercial-free specialty channels.

SIRIUS XM’s holiday music channels will showcase traditional holiday songs, classical Christmas carols, Hanukkah music, country Christmas classics and contemporary seasonal music. The special holiday programming will feature holiday music favorites recorded by artists from all genres. The various channels will offer listeners the perfect soundtrack for the holiday season.

Here are the channels for this year:

Holiday Traditions (SIRIUS channel 4 and XM channel 4) will feature traditional holiday recordings from the ’40s through the ’60s by artists such as Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, Ray Conniff and Nat “King” Cole.

Monday, November 15- Saturday, January 1

Holly (SIRIUS channel 3 and XM channel 23) will feature contemporary holiday music as well as traditional favorites, including songs by John Mayer, Colbie Caillat, Josh Groban, Mariah Carey and Michael Buble.

Monday, November 15- Friday, December 31

Radio Hanukkah (SIRIUS channel 76 and XM channel 28) will feature an extensive collection of Hanukkah music, including contemporary, traditional and children’s Hanukkah selections. Hasidic reggae musician Matisyahu will present nightly blessings and share personal stories and memories about past Hanukkahs.

Wednesday, December 1- Thursday, December 9

Holiday Pops (SIRIUS channel 79 and XM channel 77) will feature classical Christmas carols sung by the greatest classical musicians of all-time, including the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Luciano Pavarotti, Boston Pops and Leontyne Price.

Wednesday, December 1- Saturday, December 25

Country Christmas (SIRIUS channel 62 and XM channel 10) will feature a wide-ranging assortment of country Christmas music, including Garth Brooks, Carrie Underwood and Kenny Rogers.

Friday, December 10- Saturday, December 25

SIRIUS XM’s commercial-free holiday channels will also be available on SIRIUS Internet Radio, XM Radio Online and through the SIRIUS XM App for the Apple iPhone, iPod touch and several BlackBerry and Android-powered smartphone devices.

SIRIUS XM Radio will celebrate the holiday season with
commercial-free music and specialty channels dedicated to the holiday
season across SIRIUS and XM.

SIRIUS XM Radio holiday channel lineup features:

Holly on SIRIUS channel 81 and XM channel 35 will broadcast
contemporary holiday hits mixed with selected traditional favorites and
will include Bruce Springsteen, Amy Grant, The Carpenters, Mannheim
Steamroller and more. Holly will air through New Year’s Eve, December
31.

Bing Crosby Christmas Radio on SIRIUS channel 113 and XM
channel 120, a non-stop broadcast of more than twenty years of vintage
Bing Crosby holiday radio specials, hosted exclusively for SIRIUS XM by
the Crosby family and featuring a wide variety of Crosby’s beloved
music — including his most popular recording ever, “White Christmas”
– and special guests like Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland and Bob Hope
among others. Bing Crosby Christmas Radio will air beginning December
13 at 12 midnight ET to Christmas Day, December 25.

Holiday Traditions on XM channel 36 will broadcast traditional
holiday recordings from the ’40s through the ’60s by artists including
Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, Ray Conniff, Nat “King” Cole and more.
Holiday Traditions will air beginning Monday, November 24 at 12
midnight ET through Christmas Day, December 25.

Holiday Pops on SIRIUS channel 79 and XM channels 37 and 77
will broadcast beloved carols sung by the greatest classical musicians
of all-time including the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Luciano Pavarotti,
Boston Pops and Leontyne Price among others. Holiday Pops will air
beginning Thanksgiving Day November 27 at 12 midnight ET to Christmas
Day, December 25.

Radio Hanukkah on SIRIUS channel 3 and XM channel 38 will
broadcast a celebration showcasing Hanukkah music and Jewish culture.
Radio Hanukkah will air beginning the first night of Hanukkah on
December 21 starting at 12 midnight ET to December 29.

Regular SIRIUS XM programming will resume after the holiday season.

For up-to-date holiday music programming information, please visit www.sirius.com and www.xmradio.com.