{"id":26407,"date":"2018-11-29T06:15:45","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T13:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/?p=26407"},"modified":"2018-11-29T06:09:30","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T13:09:30","slug":"trace-adkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/trace-adkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of New Christmas Music from Trace Adkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I always hesistate to post reviews of new music from established stars. You get only two types of responses. It is either over-the-top <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">love<\/a> from gushing fans or bitter criticism from those who hate all things associated with the artist.<\/p>\n<p>Fame has a way of bringing out the weird in people. So does <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not just with the fans either. There is a long list of music stars who performed <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> music but never celebrated <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a>. Frank Sinatra famously detested <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> music. Perhaps that is why he isn&#8217;t best remembered for his <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> stuff. Of course, he still gets played every <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/a-glimpse-of-christmas-100-years-ago\/\">radio<\/a>. But then and now, he&#8217;s no Bing Crosby.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> music is emotional. It&#8217;s personal. Sometimes it even transcends talent. If you don&#8217;t <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">love<\/a> doing <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> music, I think it shows. It just gives you the feels.<\/p>\n<p>Trace Adkins must be a big <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> fan. A couple of years ago he gave us some orignal songs of a very sacred sort. This new song shown here is an old song, and it&#8217;s not sacred. But it sure gives you the feels:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9r64ZIeMCu0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That is artistry and belief at work right there. One of the best this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I always hesistate to post reviews of new music from established stars. You get only two types of responses. It is either over-the-top love from gushing fans or bitter criticism from those who hate all things associated with the artist. Fame has a way of bringing out the weird in people. So does Christmas. 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