{"id":14713,"date":"2014-11-05T03:36:21","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T10:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/?p=14713"},"modified":"2014-12-07T23:53:14","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T06:53:14","slug":"new-music-christmas-to-me-by-don-murdock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/new-music-christmas-to-me-by-don-murdock\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music: Christmas to Me by Don Murdock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don Murdock is a country singer\/songwriter who loves <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a>! Don was raised a Catholic and as a youngster has memories of attending Midnight Mass on <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> Eve, of caroling door to door, and of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> concerts at school. <\/p>\n<p>Like many Canadians he grew up with traditions of decorating <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> trees and spending time with family and sharing <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> dinner. He recalls fondly wonders and excitement of children on <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> morning. And of course, he always remembers the true meaning of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a>, the birth of a baby boy&#8230;. <\/p>\n<p>Over the past few years Don has seen these beliefs, these values he holds dear chipped away at by bureaucrats and CEO&#8217;s. Bit by bit and piece by piece, traditions he grew up are being dismantled and tossed aside. <\/p>\n<p>Greetings like &#8220;Merry Christmas&#8221; being replaced with &#8220;Happy Holidays.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> concerts and plays replaced with &#8220;Winter Solstice Celebratory Pageants.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>It is his opinion that by trying NOT to offend others by using traditional greetings we have begun to offend those who celebrate <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>And do not tell Don he is buying a holiday tree when in fact he knows he is buying a <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> tree!!<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> To Me<\/em> is Don&#8217;s way of saying, celebrate what you want to. If you are celebrating Kwanzaa, then have a Joyous Kwanzaa. If you are Jewish, then Happy Hanukkah. And if you are celebrating the Christian holiday then Merry <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to a preview of the song by clicking on the arrow below:<\/p>\n<p>[sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl=&#8221;http:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/music14\/Don%20Murdock%20-%20Christmas%20To%20Me.mp3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> To Me<\/strong> is available for <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/album\/christmas-to-me-single\/id736345934\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>download at iTunes<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can contact Don via his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donmurdockmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>website<\/strong><\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Don-Murdock\/259969707353711\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Facebook page<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don Murdock is a country singer\/songwriter who loves Christmas! 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