Christmas lofi for sleeping

The quick setup

1. 1

   Tune in

   Open Sleep Before Santa: 15 slow, soft tracks, 47 min before it reshuffles.

2. 2

   Set the sleep timer

   The Sleep button in the player bar offers 15 to 90 minutes, or “after this song”. The volume fades out over the last 20 seconds.

3. 3

   Add ambience (optional)

   Under Ambience you can switch on rain, snow wind or a fireplace crackle. It is generated by your browser and mixes under the music. When the timer ends it stops the ambience too.

If you want it to run all night

The 8 Hour Christmas Sleep Music is 8 h long. It uses only the calmer half of the library, so it does repeat: about 44 different tracks, played in 4 passes and reshuffled every time, so the order is never the same twice. For sleep, repetition is usually fine, and it is honest to say so.

Tips for a calmer night

• Keep the volume low enough that you can only just hear it.
• Put the phone or speaker on the other side of the room, and turn the screen brightness down.
• Use the timer on nights when you don’t want music playing at 3 am.
• If you share a room, a small speaker is kinder than headphones in bed.

No promises. Calm music is something many people find relaxing at bedtime, but this isn’t a sleep treatment, and it will not work for everyone. If sleep is a real problem, talk to a health professional.