How do I create an iTunes library that is genre specific i.e. Christmas Music

I have accumulated a large amount of Christmas music in my iTunes library and am running out of space on my hard drive. I would like to create a library on an external hard drive that contains only my Christmas music and delete it from my computer. I have successfully created a library that i named "iTunes - Christmas". On this HD there were 64 albums that had nothing to do with Christmas music.
My question is, how do I get my 758 pieceses Christmas music from my MacBook Pro to my iTunes Library on my external HD, freeing up space on my computer?

If your description of the scenario, or at least your wording thereof, made sense then my reading your question would suffice.
You made a library but you have 64 non Christmas albums in it. I don't know how those ended up in it if you didn't add them yourself. You make a new library by creating one when starting iTunes with the option key held down. It makes a blank library. You add files to it. If you did it some other way then it would help if you would grace us with that information or else we'll just keep on guessing and give you the wrong answer. If you want your Christmas albums in it then copy them to the hard drive and drag them to the Christmas library when it is open in iTunes.
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