He who has Christmas not in his heart will never find it under a tree. But he can get jiggy with the Yuletide spirit at a number of joyous pop bacchanals across our festive, fit-to-bursting central belt.

Edinburgh shall be decked with jingle balls of the Kid Canaveral variety, as the indie-rock charmers host their fourth annual Christmas Baubles knees-up (Portobello Town Hall, Sat 14 Dec) including Edwyn Collins, De Rosa and the michty Canaverals themselves. Auld Reekie also sees the annual Song, By Toad Christmas Party and the launch of their Five Records, Five Years boxset (Henry’s Cellar Bar, Sat 21 Dec), as well as the unmissable charity Christmas Songwriters’ Club, now an annual tradition, which this year welcomes Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison, Withered Hand, Karine Polwart, Miaoux Miaoux, TeenCanteen and loads more (Queen’s Hall, Sun 22 Dec).

Femme-pop activists TYCI are set to thrill, Glasgow-style, with a timely synth-pop sermon from electro saviours Chvrches and DJ sets from Sons and Daughters’ Adele Bethel and Pretty Ugly (SWG3, Sat 21 Dec), while erudite hip-hop livewire Louie from Hector Bizerk hosts a festive rap battle, the excellently titled Christmas Rapping (King Tut’s, Thu 19 Dec).

Highlife bring the Yuletide exotica (CCA, Fri 20 Dec) thanks to Auntie Flo and electro-supergroup Lovers’ Rights, which unites Dam Mantle and Golden Teacher, and sounds like all our Christmases came at once.