Here’s what we’ll be packing way in the back of our luggage – way, way in the back – before our fateful seafaring journey.

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Asked to pick five favorite Yuletide songs (and only five), our panel of holly-jolly musical enthusiasts offered some occasionally offbeat suggestions.

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On this particular island, there will be sun and sand – but nary an original artist.

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