{"id":66321,"date":"2020-12-22T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T09:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=66321"},"modified":"2020-12-21T13:41:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T13:41:54","slug":"essential-advent-calendar-december-22-zealandia-angel-releases-christmas-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/12\/essential-advent-calendar-december-22-zealandia-angel-releases-christmas-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Advent Calendar: December 22 &#8211; Zealandia Angel Releases CHRISTMAS DREAMS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Behind door number 22 we find Zealandia Angel&#8217;s Christmas 2020 release , &#8216;Christmas Dreams&#8217;.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The song comes with a fantasy, Dungeons And Dragons style music video, which you can watch below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_48688\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VaM1rlATP3E?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=\"zealadia angel - christmas dreams [official music video]\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/VaM1rlATP3E\/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;\">There&#8217;s an interesting story behind the song. It was Christmas in the middle of the Global Financial Crisis, ZA recalls.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;My family&#8217;s business crashed, my child was sick. It was time for me to decorate our Christmas tree. It would&#8217;ve been exciting if it was not for those two things. I was sad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is when a beautiful melody poured into her mind along with the words:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I will hang my dreams<br \/>\nOn the Christmas limbs<br \/>\nEvergreen, ever-bright<br \/>\nThey will shine all night<br \/>\nFor Peace and Hope and Grace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Over praying heads,<br \/>\nOver infants\u2019 beds,<br \/>\nOver healthy and sick,<br \/>\nOver proud and meek,<br \/>\nFor Hope has come to the Earth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Through the needles I see<br \/>\nAngels looking at me,<br \/>\nA sweet and gentle voice<br \/>\nTells me to rejoice:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whether young or old,<br \/>\nWhether scared or bold,<br \/>\nWhether dancing or crying,<br \/>\nWhether living or dying<br \/>\nFor Peace has come to the Earth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zealandia Angel adds,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;This Christmas, many people can resonate with the message I received 10 years ago. 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Have hope, help others and be blessed, as well as stock up on antivirals like L-Lysine, elderberry and EpiCor Plus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Behind door number 22 we find Zealandia Angel&#8217;s Christmas 2020 release , &#8216;Christmas Dreams&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15953,"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":[470,26707,3938,3787,26706],"class_list":["post-66321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas","category-music","tag-christmas","tag-christmas-dreams","tag-essential-advent-calendar","tag-the-essential-advent-calendar","tag-zealandia-angel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-hfH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43488,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/12\/the-essential-advent-calendar-december-1-run-away-for-christmas-by-cait\/","url_meta":{"origin":66321,"position":0},"title":"The Essential Advent Calendar: December 1 &#8211; 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