Can you temporarily disable a song or playlist?

When I choose the Song Shuffle option on my iPod, it randomly choses a song to play and I really love it.
But, I also have alot of Christmas music on the iPod. So when I choose the "Song Shuffle" option, it scans through all of the music on the ipod--even the Christmas music.
Imagine being with your friends, crusing along listening to some really good jamming music and then all of the sudden an Elvis Christmas song comes on.
Not to say there is anything wrong with Elvis Christmas music. It just pops up every now and then with my other Christmas classics.
I want to keep all of my Christmas music, but I want to listen to them in December....not July.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks.
Dell Windows XP
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To be more specific - create a playlist that has only your Christmas music on it, then create a Smart playlist that has everything you want from your playlist plus one more rule, where the playist is not your Christmas playlist. Play randomly from your new smart playlist and you will be good to go.
I have a playlist with some Christian music that I don't want to have on my normal playlist - at first, I tried to have two playlists (one with the Christian stuff and one with everything else), but this ended up being easier.

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