I'd like to put certain music on the iPod at certain times.

I have some Christmas music on iTunes, but I don't want it on my iPod all the time.  I currntly have an iPod nano 6th Gen.  Can I place music in a special way in iTunes so it won't go on the iPod?

In the iPod Summary screen in iTunes, check the box to "Sync only checked songs and videos" in the Options section.
Create a playlist of all your Christmas music. While not absolutely neccessary, creating the playlist just keeps it nicely collected in one place.
Now, select all those Christmas songs: select the first one in the list, hold shift, and click the last one in the list, OR push ctrl+A to select All.
Right click on the list of highlighted songs, then choose Uncheck Selection from the popup menu.
Any unchecked songs will not be synced. ...they also will not play in iTunes in a playlist or on shuffle; you can specifically play one unchecked song at a time, but they will not play as a list while they are unchecked. Re-check them to make them play normally in a list again.

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