{"id":15977,"date":"2015-11-30T11:30:46","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T11:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=15977"},"modified":"2015-11-30T11:30:46","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T11:30:46","slug":"the-essential-advent-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/11\/the-essential-advent-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"The Essential Advent Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15976\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/11\/the-essential-advent-calendar\/advent-calendar-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/advent-calendar-1.png?fit=1490%2C1186&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1490,1186\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"advent calendar 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/advent-calendar-1.png?fit=640%2C509&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15976\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/advent-calendar-1.png?resize=640%2C509&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"advent calendar 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"509\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Can you believe it&#8217;s the start of December tomorrow? Where has this year gone! December means Christmas, and Christmas means Christmas songs and Christmas events, so from tomorrow we&#8217;re proud to introduce our Essential Advent Calendar. Be sure to pop in every day between now and December 25 to see what goodies we have for you all!<\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re launching The Essential Advent Calendar today. Be sure to pop back daily to see what&#8217;s behind each day&#8217;s number.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3768],"tags":[3789,3788,470,394,3790,12,476,3787],"class_list":["post-15977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas","tag-advent","tag-calendar","tag-christmas","tag-concerts","tag-events","tag-music","tag-songs","tag-the-essential-advent-calendar"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-49H","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66323,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/12\/essential-advent-calendar-december-23-americana-duo-the-imaginaries-announce-hometown-christmas-holiday-collaboration\/","url_meta":{"origin":15977,"position":0},"title":"Essential Advent Calendar: December 23 &#8211; Americana Duo The Imaginaries Announce &#8220;Hometown Christmas&#8221; Holiday Collaboration","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"23\/12\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Oklahoma\u2019s favourite Americana husband \/ wife duo, The Imaginaries, Shane Henry (guitar, vocals) and Maggie McClure (keys, piano, vocals), are behind the door on December 23 of our Essential Advent Calendar, singing their song, 'Hometown Christmas'.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christmas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christmas","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/archived-categories\/christmas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Essential Advent Calendar: December 24","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/advent-calendar-24.png?fit=1200%2C956&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/advent-calendar-24.png?fit=1200%2C956&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/advent-calendar-24.png?fit=1200%2C956&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/advent-calendar-24.png?fit=1200%2C956&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/advent-calendar-24.png?fit=1200%2C956&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":66278,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/12\/essential-advent-calendar-december-3-josie-cotton-celebrates-the-holidays-with-every-day-like-christmas\/","url_meta":{"origin":15977,"position":1},"title":"Essential Advent Calendar: December 3 &#8211; Josie Cotton Celebrates the Holidays with &#8220;Every Day Like Christmas&#8221;","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"03\/12\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Day 3 of the Essential Advent Calendar, and we're celebrating it with Josie Cotton and her festive single,\u00a0'Every Day Like Christmas'.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christmas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christmas","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/archived-categories\/christmas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Essential Advent Calendar: December 4","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2D3CA626-89F0-4AA1-8B65-437ABFB8BB15.jpeg?fit=623%2C496&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2D3CA626-89F0-4AA1-8B65-437ABFB8BB15.jpeg?fit=623%2C496&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2D3CA626-89F0-4AA1-8B65-437ABFB8BB15.jpeg?fit=623%2C496&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":58222,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/12\/the-essential-advent-calendar-december-18-spin-take-a-new-look-at-christmas-classics-with-carol-of-the-merry-gentlemen-what-child\/","url_meta":{"origin":15977,"position":2},"title":"The Essential Advent Calendar: December 18 &#8211; SPiN Take A New Look At Christmas Classics With &#8216;Carol Of The Merry Gentlemen (What Child?)&#8217;","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"18\/12\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"SPiN are behind door number 18 with their modern take on some classic Christmas songs. 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