Holidays in the north are often a contemplative, interior time—due in no small part to the miserably cold weather. But head south, and the attitude is markedly different. Across Latin America, families gather for festivities solemn and celebratory, reenacting the Bethlehem story for Las Posadas and dancing the night away to salsa, merengue, and bachata favorites. The good news? You don’t have to be in a warm climate to feel this playlist’s heat.