12 Days of Christmas Music: Christmas in Paradise

With the healthy heaping of snow Old Man Winter brought us these past 72 hours, we're sure a few of you are longing for a warmer, more tropical climate. 

While we can't book you tickets to the Caribbean, we can bring the holiday-themed sounds from milder climates to you to provide some escape from the realities of winter in Michigan with this "Christmas in Paradise" Spotify playlist, the fourth in our "12 Days of Christmas Music" series. 

Order yourself a Hawaiian pizza, drink some coconut water, crank your personal space heater, close your eyes and soak in the sounds of those enjoying the holiday from warmer climates than ours. Soon enough, you'll be pretending the blanket of white snow outside your window is just a bunch of white sand. 

You'll find staples from the Beach Boys ("Little St. Nick," "Merry Christmas, Baby," Bing Crosby ("Mele Kalikimaka"), Jimmy Buffett ("Christmas in the Caribbean," "Ho Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rhum") and Jose Feliciano ("Feliz Navidad") and some tracks you might not have heard but still fit with the theme.

You'll need Spotify to listen to these songs. You can download Spotify at www.spotify.com.