{"id":602,"date":"2013-11-16T19:19:43","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T00:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iip-group.com\/hectic-dad\/?page_id=602"},"modified":"2013-11-16T19:19:43","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T00:19:43","slug":"holiday-music","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/on-my-ipod\/holiday-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s funny to think that I have enough unique Christmas music that I can start playing it on November 1st (I would <em>never<\/em> start playing it before that!) and play right through Christmas day without having to play the same album, cd, or ep twice. That&#8217;s 1,320 hours of music. Actually, I&#8217;ve never counted it <strong>all<\/strong> up, but I&#8217;ve probably got enough to make it through another week or so. Maybe I should do that sometime&#8230;I wonder if my family would disown me?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here are some of my favorite albums. Some were originally purchased on 8-tracks (those have all been lost), some on cassettes, some on CD, and many electronically. I&#8217;ve taken great pains to consolidate my entire collection, so this is the one genre of music where I&#8217;m pretty sure that I&#8217;ve collected, cataloged, and organized everything.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy, and Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/a-christmas-celebration\/id201942000?uo=4&amp;at=11lobT\" target=\"itunes_store\">A Christmas Celebration &#8211; Celtic Woman<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/merry-christmas-bing-crosby\/id514831?uo=4&amp;at=11lobT\" target=\"itunes_store\">A Merry Christmas with Bing Crosby &amp; The Andrews Sisters (Remastered) &#8211; Bing Crosby &amp; The Andrews Sisters<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/all-i-want-for-christmas-is\/id262613325?uo=4&amp;at=11lobT\" target=\"itunes_store\">All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan &#8211; Kenny Chesney<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/andy-williams-christmas-album\/id171434474?uo=4&amp;at=11lobT\" target=\"itunes_store\">The Andy Williams Christmas Album &#8211; Andy Williams<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/christmas\/id264555302?uo=4&amp;at=11lobT\" target=\"itunes_store\">Christmas &#8211; Alabama<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/christmas\/id669854820?uo=4&amp;at=11lobT\" target=\"itunes_store\">Christmas &#8211; Michael Bubl\u00e9<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/christmas-through-your-eyes\/id402302012?uo=4&amp;at=11lobT\" target=\"itunes_store\">Christmas Through Your Eyes &#8211; Gloria Estefan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/merry-christmas-remastered\/id617324095?uo=4&amp;at=11lobT\" target=\"itunes_store\">Merry Christmas (Remastered) &#8211; Brenda Lee<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/my-christmas-prayer\/id324773372?uo=4&amp;at=11lobT\" target=\"itunes_store\">My Christmas Prayer &#8211; BeBe Winans<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/this-christmas-time\/id192455284?uo=4&amp;at=11lobT\" target=\"itunes_store\">This Christmas Time &#8211; Lonestar<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>John Denver Christmas Albums<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/a-christmas-together\/id428805749?uo=4&amp;at=11lobT\" target=\"itunes_store\">A Christmas Together &#8211; John Denver &amp; The Muppets<\/a> &#8211; You can&#8217;t go wrong with the Muppets!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/rocky-mountain-christmas\/id286719764?uo=4&amp;at=11lobT\" target=\"itunes_store\">Rocky Mountain Christmas &#8211; John Denver<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/the-classic-christmas-album\/id563949295?uo=4&amp;at=11lobT\" target=\"itunes_store\">The Classic Christmas Album &#8211; John Denver<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/rocky-mountain-christmas\/id254341445?uo=4&amp;at=11lobT\" target=\"itunes_store\">Rocky Mountain Christmas &#8211; John Denver<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/christmas-like-a-lullaby\/id428828328?uo=4&amp;at=11lobT\" target=\"itunes_store\">Christmas Like a Lullaby &#8211; John Denver<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/rocky-mountain-christmas\/id401454767?uo=4&amp;at=11lobT\" target=\"itunes_store\">Rocky Mountain Christmas &#8211; John Denver<\/a> &#8211; By far my favorite of his Christmas albums<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s funny to think that I have enough unique Christmas music that I can start playing it on November 1st (I would never start playing it before that!) and play right through Christmas day without having to play the same album, cd, or ep twice. 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Actually, I&#8217;ve never counted it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":549,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-602","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Holiday Music -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/on-my-ipod\/holiday-music\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Holiday Music -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It&#8217;s funny to think that I have enough unique Christmas music that I can start playing it on November 1st (I would never start playing it before that!) and play right through Christmas day without having to play the same album, cd, or ep twice. 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