According to recent studies, the right background music can increase our enjoyment of food by up to 60%. If you're busy preparing a festive feast and want to make sure everything goes smoothly, picking the right music is key!
Cooking Christmas dinner can be a stressful experience, even for the most accomplished chefs! You might have picked up the best ingredients and got your timings perfected, but you probably haven't given as much thought to what music you'll be listening to when you sit down to eat?
So, which songs should be on your playlist for the perfect Christmas dinner? Lakeland analysed over 2,000 playlists on Spotify, containing almost 250,000 different tracks to find out - https://www.lakeland.co.uk/inspiration/the-ultimate-dinner-party-playlist/
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the number one spot went to the undisputed Queen of Christmas, Mariah Carey, with her hit song ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’ appearing in 104 Christmas dinner playlists. Following closely behind is Michael Bublé, with his version of ‘It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas’ coming in second place, with 79 appearances.
Frank Sinatra and Michael Bublé share the title of most popular Christmas artists, with each having 6 songs in the top 100, including both of their versions of ‘Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas’. There were 5 different versions of this festive classic in the top 100, with other versions from Sam Smith, Ella Fitzgerald and Charles Snyder also making appearances.
