{"id":334,"date":"2017-12-13T05:02:17","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T05:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidneysings.wordpress.com\/?p=334"},"modified":"2017-12-13T05:02:17","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T05:02:17","slug":"its-the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidneysings.com\/?p=334","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s the MOST Wonderful Time of the Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seasons Greetings, Fans!<\/p>\n<p>It is NOW the MOST wonderful time of the year.\u00a0 This year&#8217;s album is a mix of old favorites and new classics.\u00a0 I rerecorded some of your most-loved selections and added some new songs that are sure to be on heavy rotation all year long.\u00a0 Although I was disappointed not be nominated (AGAIN) for album of the year, I know that some people simply can&#8217;t grasp the depth of my talent.\u00a0 I&#8217;m so grateful that you do.\u00a0 Thanks for all of your love and support, and mostly for so warmly accepting this unique gift that has been given to me.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the holiday season without friends?\u00a0 This year&#8217;s album features 11 talented vocalists from all over the world &#8211; I&#8217;m so honored that they took time out of their busy schedules to join me in creating this masterpiece.\u00a0 A big holiday HO HO HO goes out to:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Alex Echevarria, Belmont, NC &#8211; 1st Day of Christmas<\/li>\n<li>James Wright, Briarwood, NY (by way of Jamaica) &#8211; 3rd Day of Christmas<\/li>\n<li>Jada Wellman, Charlotte, NC &#8211; 4th Day of Christmas<\/li>\n<li>Melissa Rasberry, Durham, NC &#8211; 5th Day of Christmas<\/li>\n<li>Eboni Lewis, Huntersville, NC &#8211; 6th Day of Christmas<\/li>\n<li>Sahnia Oates &#8211; Belmont, NC &#8211; 7th Day of Christmas<\/li>\n<li>Kamille Jones &#8211; Charlotte, NC &#8211; 8th Day of Christmas<\/li>\n<li>Jacob Echevarria, Belmont, NC &#8211; 9th Day of Christmas<\/li>\n<li>Joy Ellison, Salisbury, NC &#8211; 10th Day of Christmas<\/li>\n<li>Andres Echevarria, Belmont, NC &#8211; 11th Day of Christmas<\/li>\n<li>Shara Ellenbogen, Tel Aviv, Israel &#8211; 12th Day of Christmas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Finally, a big thank you to Christian Drucker, who provided his creative genius on this year&#8217;s iconic cover.<\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<div>Remember, the best way to spread Christmas Cheer, is singing loud for all to hear.<\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<div>Sing loudly and shine on,<\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<div>Sidney<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seasons Greetings, Fans! It is NOW the MOST wonderful time of the year.\u00a0 This year&#8217;s album is a mix of old favorites and new classics.\u00a0 I rerecorded some of your most-loved selections and added some new songs that are sure to be on heavy rotation all year long.\u00a0 Although I was disappointed not be nominated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7","category-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidneysings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidneysings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidneysings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidneysings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidneysings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sidneysings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidneysings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidneysings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidneysings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}