The holidays can often be a contemplative, interior time—due in no small part to the miserably cold weather. But in some sunnier places, the attitude is markedly different. Across Latin America, families gather for festivities solemn and celebratory, re-enacting the Bethlehem story for Las Posadas and dancing the night away to salsa, merengue and bachata favourites. The good news? You don’t have to be in a warm climate to feel this playlist’s heat.