IPod syncing only certain tracks from iTunes

I have more music in iTunes than i have space in my iPod. I want to exclude certain tracks when I sync e.g. all tracks classified a Christmas genre.
Can i do this without having to set up all new playlists?

If you don't want to set up a playlist to sync from you can use unchecking of tracks and set the iPod to "Sync only checked songs and videos" in the Summary tab. Remove the check marks from beside the songs you don't want to sync and set the iPod up to ignore them. Alternatively set the iPod to manual and drag and drop what you want in the iPod from your iTunes library:
Managing content manually on iPod and iPhone
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There is a proviso about managing an iPod by unchecking songs, only use this option if you can live with the other things unchecking does:
Unchecked songs will be skipped when playing songs from the library or a selection. They will only play when individually clicked on.
Smart Playlists have an option that unchecked songs won't appear.
Unchecked songs will not be burned to CD.

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