Christmas songs in June?  No thanks iTunes Match

Hello
I want to keep songs in iTunes match but don't want to play certain songs all through the year.  For example I don't want to play Christmas songs in June!  How can I stop them playing without deleting them?
Thanks!

If you're not using iTunes Match to stream the songs to your computer's iTunes, and have them stored locally, you can delete the local files (but do NOT opt to also remove them from iCloud) and then in the menu bar, go to "View" > "Hide Songs in the Cloud." This will allow you to hide any songs not stored on your computer until you're ready for them.

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    My Mac hardrive Crashed and had to get a new one, sadly my iTunes wasn't on my external hardrive. I have all my songs on my iPhone, will iTunes Match work with my songs on my iPhone then, i download them on to My Mac. Will This work? Thanks

    Welcome to the Apple Community.
    The easiest thing to do would be to sign into your iTunes account on your computer, connect your phone and sync. iTunes should copy anything from your phone that isn't already in your library on the computer.

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    How old was this backup? It sounds like it was at least several weeks old.
    You can look directly in the TM backup for the music.
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    2. Open a Finder window and select the backup drive in the left hand panel. Double click into the folders until you see a list of folders with dates.
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    This should answer your question.
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    I think iTunes Match is still in beta so I wouldn't do that unless I was sure of my personal backups. I'm not sure I would do that even if iTunes Match wasn't in beta. At least not for several months to let the service shake out problems first.
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    tazlines wrote:
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    Regards,
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    Oops! I hit "Correct Answer" thinking that I could edit my last reply! That wasn't the correct answer, obviously!
    iTunes has replied to me and told me that I cannot download any artwork outside of the USA, so I guess that answers my question, even though it's not what I'd wished to hear. 

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