{"id":25711,"date":"2021-12-22T15:09:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T00:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/?p=25711"},"modified":"2021-12-22T15:09:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T00:09:09","slug":"merry-christmas-and-happy-holidays-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/merry-christmas-and-happy-holidays-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_46240\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zf8xUpiH2PM?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I just wanted to take a minute and wish you all a very merry Christmas and happy holiday season. It&#8217;s been another topsy turvy year, so I hope you&#8217;re able to take some well-deserved downtime over the next week to relax and enjoy your time with family, friends, pets or whoever you end up with.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To help enhance the spirit even more, I&#8217;d like to share my holiday music with you. I&#8217;ve recorded a few Christmas songs over the years, including two originals. I did&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zf8xUpiH2PM\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A Very Cozy Christmas<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;last year, with an accompanying music video that I think came out really well!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kLm9cKyJxHU\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Santa, What\u2019s in Your Bag<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;is one I wrote a few years ago, and it\u2019s now available on all of the streaming services, including&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/7savAEvhLtW6P0SvbWFg68?si=71bc74f742e9429d\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/santa-whats-in-your-bag\/1594034900?i=1594034901\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Music<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pandora.app.link\/CAQJjLqH2lb\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pandora<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/music.youtube.com\/watch?v=FiYLP8cHjys&amp;feature=share\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube Music<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B09L6KS67S\/ref=ap_ws_tlw_trk1\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon Music<\/a>, so stream away and share it with your friends and family!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/danbaileyak.bandcamp.com\/album\/christmas-ep\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">listen to my Christmas EP here,<\/a>&nbsp;which contains both of those songs, as well as my vocal rendition of&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/danbaileyak.bandcamp.com\/track\/have-yourself-a-merry-little-christmas\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, enjoy the songs, and have yourself a merry happy holiday season, , whatever it happens to be that you celebrate. I&#8217;ll touch base again after the holidays with more photography goodness.\u00a0As always, thanks so much for your support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1286881434\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=2796874014\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/danbaileyak.bandcamp.com\/album\/christmas-ep\">Christmas EP by Dan Bailey<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/7savAEvhLtW6P0SvbWFg68?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<iframe allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *; fullscreen *\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"450\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.music.apple.com\/us\/album\/santa-whats-in-your-bag-single\/1594034900\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just wanted to take a minute and wish you all a very merry Christmas and happy holiday season. 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