{"id":32980,"date":"2022-10-31T19:25:53","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T01:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/?p=32980"},"modified":"2022-10-31T19:13:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T01:13:02","slug":"come-home-for-christmas-by-matthew-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/come-home-for-christmas-by-matthew-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Come Home for Christmas by Matthew West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew West is known and unknown &#8211; and his works of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> speak to all. We have come to really appreciate his steady stream of new, original <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> music.<\/p>\n<p>This year he will expand his reach through an arrangement with Great American Family network who this year will feature a lot of this new song, titled <em>Come Home for <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VekjwaMtk8U\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">love<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> music so much,&#8221; West said of this song, &#8220;and each year I find myself sitting down at the piano penning a new <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> tune inspired by my <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">love<\/a> of this most wonderful time of the year. &#8216;Come Home for Christmas&#8217; is not just a song, it&#8217;s an invitation for every heart to return to the wonder, the <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">peace<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">love<\/a>, and the hope that this holiday season offers to every heart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>West was recently nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Inspirational Artist.<\/p>\n<p>The NSAI Songwriter-Artist of the Year also announced his upcoming double album MY STORY YOUR GLORY set for release February 17, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The five-time Grammy\u00ae nominee has had a monumental year: &#8220;Me On Your Mind&#8221; spent 6 weeks atop the Mediabase Christian Airplay chart and the Billboard Christian Airplay Chart for 5 weeks. His fifth consecutive chart-topper marked West&#8217;s 25th number one song combined as an artist and songwriter &#8211; now at 27.<\/p>\n<p>We applaud Mr. West for his <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> contributions. We are happy to use this new song to kick off our celebration of new <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> music in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew West is known and unknown &#8211; and his works of Christmas speak to all. We have come to really appreciate his steady stream of new, original Christmas music. 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