{"id":6846,"date":"2016-12-09T05:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T10:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=6846"},"modified":"2016-12-09T05:02:48","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T10:02:48","slug":"virtual-advent-tour-day-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=6846","title":{"rendered":"virtual advent tour: day 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWelcome to Day 9 of the Virtual Advent Tour!<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n
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Christmas music is one of the most important parts of my holiday celebration. My parents have lots of Christmas albums, and Rudi and I do, too. (I’ll be honest; they’re mostly mine.) For years, my dad made Christmas mixes — first on tape and more recently on cd — and I’ve made my fair share, too. You can read about my process in an earlier Virtual Advent Tour post here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Part of my weekend plan is to work on my Christmas mix, but in order to do that I like to review as much of the new holiday music as possible. If you follow mainstream music, you’ve probably heard She & Him have a new album out, as do Kacey Musgraves, Pentatonix, and Leslie Odom, Jr. (Aaron Burr from Hamilton<\/em>). Instead of sharing their songs, which you’ve probably heard on the radio or tv or in the shops, I thought I’d share a half-dozen lesser-known 2016 Christmas tunes with you:<\/p>\n

This is an album of electronica. I particularly like the third track, “Gungla the Snowman” by Nonsens:<\/p>\n