{"id":66272,"date":"2020-12-01T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T09:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=66272"},"modified":"2020-11-30T10:33:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T10:33:12","slug":"essential-advent-calendar-december-1-drew-seely-stowin-away-in-santas-sleigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/12\/essential-advent-calendar-december-1-drew-seely-stowin-away-in-santas-sleigh\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Advent Calendar: December 1 &#8211; Drew Seely &#8216;Stowin&#8217; Away (In Santa&#8217;s Sleigh)&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>We find it hard to say this &#8211; but welcome to December! Any other year we&#8217;d ask, &#8220;where has this year gone?&#8221; but quite frankly, we&#8217;re glad to be seeing the back of it &#8211; and hopefully next year will bring some brighter days.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anyway &#8211; without further ado, we present our Essential Advent Calendar, 2020! First up is Drew Seeley, and his single, &#8216;Stowin&#8217; Away (In Santa&#8217;s Sleigh)&#8217;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_21628\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/omQoJ3xRwVU?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Drew Seeley - Stowin&#039; Away (In Santa&#039;s Sleigh) (Official Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/omQoJ3xRwVU\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A singer songwriter and actor, based in Los Angeles, Drew Seeley first released &#8216;Stowin&#8217; Away (In Santa&#8217;s Sleigh)&#8217; back in 2015, but it&#8217;s lost none of its upbeat style, and should by rights be a perennial favourite. Find out more about Drew Seeley online on his <a href=\"http:\/\/drewseeley.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>. You can stream it on Spotify below, and stream and download it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Stowin-Away-Santas-Sleigh-Seeley\/dp\/B08FBQPSH5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon Music<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Stowin&amp;apos; Away (In Santa&amp;apos;s Sleigh) [Pop Mix]\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/7IyHS0OmQMG4TYeonyBeSz?si=n_gfk1JZSsqW16Ws-sPbSA&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We find it hard to say this &#8211; but welcome to December! Any other year we&#8217;d ask, &#8220;where has this year gone?&#8221; but quite frankly, we&#8217;re glad to be seeing the back of it &#8211; and hopefully next year will bring some brighter days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43493,"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":[3768,7],"tags":[470,26519,3938,26520,3787],"class_list":["post-66272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas","category-music","tag-christmas","tag-drew-seeley","tag-essential-advent-calendar","tag-stowin-away-in-santas-sleigh","tag-the-essential-advent-calendar"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-heU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66291,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/12\/essential-advent-calendar-december-9-north-pole-punk-rock-supergroup-the-myrrhderers-announce-debut-ep-the-myrrhderers-sleigh-christmas\/","url_meta":{"origin":66272,"position":0},"title":"Essential Advent Calendar: December 9 &#8211; North Pole Punk Rock Supergroup THE MYRRHDERERS Release Debut EP &#8216;The Myrrhderers Sleigh Christmas&#8217;","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"09\/12\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"It's Day 9 of the Essential Advent Calendar, and we present to you The Myrrhderers (pronounced \u201cThe Murderers\u201d), a punk supergroup featuring prominent members of the North Pole underground music scene.","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 10","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/396ABB64-A4C1-446C-853E-0B3050C7B53B.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\/396ABB64-A4C1-446C-853E-0B3050C7B53B.jpeg?fit=623%2C496&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/396ABB64-A4C1-446C-853E-0B3050C7B53B.jpeg?fit=623%2C496&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":43953,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/12\/the-essential-advent-calendar-december-18-the-christmas-chronicles-is-now-available-on-netflix\/","url_meta":{"origin":66272,"position":1},"title":"The Essential Advent Calendar: December 18 &#8211; &#8216;The Christmas Chronicles&#8217; Is Now Available On Netflix","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"19\/12\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"'The Christmas Chronicles', is an instant holiday classic and available to watch over the festive season on Netflix.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christmas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christmas","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/archived-categories\/christmas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/advent-calendar-18.png?fit=660%2C524&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/advent-calendar-18.png?fit=660%2C524&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/advent-calendar-18.png?fit=660%2C524&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":57946,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/12\/the-essential-advent-calendar-december-5-superbravo-release-la-nuit-chanson-pour-les-enfants-lhiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":66272,"position":2},"title":"The Essential Advent Calendar: December 5 &#8211; Superbravo Release \u2018La Nuit\u2019 \/ \u2018Chanson Pour Les Enfants L&#8217;Hiver\u2019","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"05\/12\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s only December 5 but already we\u2019re excited about Christmas Eve, which is is when the magic happens. 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