{"id":28355,"date":"2019-10-30T17:15:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T23:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/?p=28355"},"modified":"2019-10-30T17:15:12","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T23:15:12","slug":"christmas-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/christmas-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to Know About Christmas 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every holiday season brings something a little different. Here\u2019s a quick list of things to know about <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> 2019 \u2013<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It\u2019s going to sneak up on you. Yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> is still on December 25<sup>th<\/sup>, just like every year. But <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Thanksgiving<\/a> is on November 28<sup>th<\/sup>. You have just four weekends between <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Thanksgiving<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> (if you count <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Thanksgiving<\/a> weekend, that is). Cyber Monday is on December 2<sup>nd<\/sup>, fer crying out loud.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The biggest trend in new inflatables for your yard this <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a>? Think Toy Story.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Justin Beiber says that if his post on Instagram gets 20 million likes he will release a new <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> album this year. For the <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">love<\/a> of all things holy, <em>stay off Instagram<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IKEA in the UK says they are not putting any meat on their <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> menu this year. Even the mince pies will be all vegan. Ironically, it has been announced that <em>VeggieTales<\/em> is coming back in time for <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a>. Coincidence?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Speaking of comebacks, did you know that <em>A Muppet <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> Carol<\/em> is now available\u2026as a book? Ok, it\u2019s backwards and it\u2019s only nearly 30 years late. Nice art:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-28357\" src=\"https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/The-Muppet-Christmas-Carol_FC-823x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/The-Muppet-Christmas-Carol_FC-823x1024.jpg 823w, https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/The-Muppet-Christmas-Carol_FC-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/The-Muppet-Christmas-Carol_FC-768x955.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/The-Muppet-Christmas-Carol_FC.jpg 1349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Another year, another October 25<sup>th<\/sup> announcement of a new <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> release from Pentatonix. In their umpteeth <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> album they feature Whitney Houston. They also announced their 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> Tour. Ok, if they get Whitney to appear live on stage then will have done something really special. Until then, we get to settle for this, which is very nice:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YksMJX10rxY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robbie Williams, an UK singer, has declared that Michael Buble\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> dominance must end. Who does he think he is? Michael brought Bing back from the dead and performed with him. (Anyone see a theme here?). Besides, if he wants to kill off any perpetual we\u2019ve-heard-it-too-many-times artist why couldn\u2019t it be Mariah Carey? Robbie\u2019s new album is called <em>The <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> Present<\/em> and it features collaborations with Sir Rod Stewart, Bryan Adams and Jamie Cullum. I guess Michael Buble just wasn\u2019t available. The album drops next month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ryan Reynolds and Will Farrell are doing a musical version of <em>A <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> Carol<\/em>. And Sir Paul McCartney is working on a musical version of <em>It\u2019s a Wonderful Life<\/em>. That\u2019s because Hollywood doesn\u2019t have an original <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> thought in its head.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The only <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> themed release we know of on the big screen is the much hyped <em>Last <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a><\/em>, a film that is based on <em>that<\/em> song. Annoyed yet? Hold your judgment. Some think this one might actually be good. We\u2019ll see. They said the same thing about the forgettable version of the <em>Grinch<\/em> that came out last year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-28356\" src=\"https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Emilia-Clarke_Reprodu\u00e7\u00e3o-1024x576-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Emilia-Clarke_Reprodu\u00e7\u00e3o-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Emilia-Clarke_Reprodu\u00e7\u00e3o-1024x576-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Emilia-Clarke_Reprodu\u00e7\u00e3o-1024x576-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Singer Steve Perry has promised fans a <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> album. Yes, <em>that<\/em> Steve Perry of <em>Journey<\/em> fame. <em>When the <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Lights<\/a> Go Down on the <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> Tree?<\/em> Nah.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every holiday season brings something a little different. Here\u2019s a quick list of things to know about Christmas 2019 \u2013 It\u2019s going to sneak up on you. Yes, Christmas is still on December 25th, just like every year. But Thanksgiving is on November 28th. You have just four weekends between Thanksgiving and Christmas (if you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":28358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","iawp_total_views":20,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[742,748,745,156,744,746,743,747],"class_list":["post-28355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas-news","tag-christmas-2019","tag-last-christmas","tag-michael-buble","tag-pentatonix","tag-robbie-williams","tag-ryan-reynolds","tag-whitney-houston","tag-will-ferrell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}