It’s the first week of December. If you don’t already have the Christmas tunes blasting in the office, what are you waiting for?

The debate over listening to music while at work, however, often divides offices. Some love to crank up the merry melodies while toiling away, and find silence to be deafening. Others can only listen to mood music or instrumental playlists like “coffeeshop jazz in the background” or “LoFi Girl,” featuring low-fidelity, calming beats. And still others insist on complete silence.

As the countdown to the holidays begins, Google searches for “Christmas playlist 2025” have spiked this past week. But could listening to Mariah Carey or Michael Bublé on loop be sabotaging office productivity?

A study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience found that pleasurable

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