{"id":25030,"date":"2016-11-25T14:39:40","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T21:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/?p=25030"},"modified":"2016-11-25T14:39:40","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T21:39:40","slug":"christmas-jingle-bells-mashup-anthem-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/christmas-jingle-bells-mashup-anthem-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"This Christmas and Jingle Bells Mashup by Anthem Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/12657814_1307442675947899_3980930455575339871_o-300x111.jpg\" alt=\"Anthem Lights\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-25031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/12657814_1307442675947899_3980930455575339871_o-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/12657814_1307442675947899_3980930455575339871_o-768x284.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/12657814_1307442675947899_3980930455575339871_o-1024x378.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/12657814_1307442675947899_3980930455575339871_o.jpg 2043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Something old and something new&#8230;ish. The video below by Anthem <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Lights<\/a> is a mashup of Jingle Bells (old) and This <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> (newish). Surprisingly, it&#8217;s a good fit with this talented arrangement:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rvmgca7Uvkk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anthemlights.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Anthem Lights<\/strong><\/a> is a Christian pop group based in Nashville, Tennessee. They were formed in 2011, the year their first EP topped out at #42 on the charts. <\/p>\n<p>Anthem <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Lights<\/a> can trace its roots back to the fall of 2007, when singer\/songwriter Alan Powell joined forces with then aspiring solo artist Chad Graham. Both were living in Los Angeles at the time, to pen songs for Chad&#8217;s solo effort. But providentially, the more they wrote, the more it became clear that these powerful, harmonic songs were meant for a group. Within a matter of days, the pieces fell into place, when two other Liberty University students&#8211;Caleb Grimm and Kyle Kupecky&#8211;came on board, &#8220;When God put the pieces together,&#8221; says Powell, &#8220;we just knew it was right. Everything just fell into place&#8230; like it was meant to be.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Something old and something new&#8230;ish. The video below by Anthem Lights is a mashup of Jingle Bells (old) and This Christmas (newish). Surprisingly, it&#8217;s a good fit with this talented arrangement: Anthem Lights is a Christian pop group based in Nashville, Tennessee. 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