Want to play songs in playlist, not master music library

I have some songs that I want in a playlist (already created that) that I don't want to play in the main music library when I select shuffle songs. e.g.: I have a Christmas songs playlist. I open my music library, select shuffle and play. I don't want to hear my Christmas songs in August! Can this be done?
Thanks.

You could make a smart playlist that includes the rule playlist is not Christmas Songs
Then you could shuffle that or use it as the source for iTunes DJ.
Otherwise you could uncheck all the songs in the Christmas Songs playlist, then they would not be selected when you shuffle Music.
I forgot to add that there is a Skip when shuffling option in Get info on the options tab. It also works if you do Gel Info on a selection of tracks, but be careful to only change the shuffling option as any change is applied to all tracks selected.
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