HT1386 I can't sync any new playlist, or update songs to a playlist, "smart" or not!

Since mid-November 2013, my playlists on my phone have been frozen in time.
I cannot:
Sync new playlists from my PC to my iPhone5 - smart lists or not.
Sync edited + existing playlists via sync from my PC to my iPhone5 - smart lists or not. Existing lists stay unchanged.
Uncheck existing playlists from iTunes on my PC and sync them off my iPhone5. They stay put.
I can:
Play the frozen playlists that I have
Create new playlists on the iPhone5 and sync them back to iTunes on my PC
Sync individual songs both ways between my iPhone5 and PC. All song files are present and playable, including new song purchases from my phone via Shazam, song purchases directly from the iTunes store on the phone, and songs bought through iTunes on my PC.
I do not:
Use iTunes for content other than music
Use Match. Well, I really don't get why people would use Match, or why it comes up in the forums when I looked up similar problems to mine.
I have tried:
Rebooting the phone
Rebooting iTunes on my PC
Verifying that I have the latest updates
Turning Match on
Turning Match back off
Verifying that all songs that I want on said playlists is "checked" on iTunes in the artists, albums, genres, songs, etc. sections
Anyway, I just want to be able to send playlists - ANY playlists - to the phone. I have no idea what to try. My wife has the identical problem as me with her own iPhone 5 and iTunes installed on a separate PC.

See:
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Connect the iOS device to your computer and try to make a backup
iOS: How to back up
Then restore via iTunes. The iPod will be erased. Place the iOS device in Recovery Mode if necessary to allow the restore.
If recovery mode does not work try DFU mode.
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
For how to restore:
iTunes: Restoring iOS software
To restore from backup see:
iOS: How to back up
If you restore from iCloud backup the apps will be automatically downloaded. If you restore from iTunes backup the apps and music have to be in the iTunes library since synced media like apps and music are not included in the backup of the iOS device that iTunes makes.
You can redownload most iTunes purchases by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
If necessary
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