{"id":61388,"date":"2016-11-06T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T13:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=61388"},"modified":"2016-11-06T08:00:43","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T13:00:43","slug":"stars-spread-cheer-on-cma-country-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/06\/stars-spread-cheer-on-cma-country-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars Spread Cheer on \u2018CMA Country Christmas\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"title\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-61389\" src=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/christmas-dancing.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"christmas-dancing\" width=\"750\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-dancing.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-dancing-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-dancing-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-dancing-768x435.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>Stars Spread Cheer on \u2018CMA Country Christmas\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Scheduled to be taped at the Grand Ole Opry House on Tuesday, Nov. 8th (7:00 PM\/CT; doors open from 5:30-6:30 PM\/CT)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-61239\" src=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/10\/xmas16-jennifer-nettles-host-233x400.jpg\" alt=\"xmas16-jennifer-nettles-host-233x400\" width=\"233\" height=\"400\" \/>Some of the music industry\u2019s most well-known names have gathered to ring in the holiday spirit during \u201cCMA Country Christmas,\u201d a two-hour special hosted for the seventh year by Jennifer Nettles airing Monday, Nov. 28th (8:00-10:00 PM\/ET) on the ABC Television Network.<br \/>\nScheduled to be taped at the Grand Ole Opry House on Tuesday, Nov. 8th (7:00 PM\/CT; doors open from 5:30-6:30 PM\/CT), the special is a celebration of the season featuring inspired performances from Joey Alexander, Kelsea Ballerini, Kelly Clarkson, Andra Day, Brett Eldredge, Amy Grant, Sarah McLachlan, Idina Menzel, Kacey Musgraves, Nettles, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Jordan Smith, Trisha Yearwood, and Chris Young.<\/p>\n<p>Nettles, who is hosting the special for the seventh time this year, is set to release her first holiday album, To Celebrate Christmas, last month. The project includes several collaborations, including harmonies with Menzel on \u201cLittle Drummer Boy,\u201d and the Jazz-influenced melody alongside American-soul sensation Day on \u201cGod Rest Ye Merry Gentleman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A popular feature of the \u201cCMA Country Christmas\u201d taping is a toy drive. Audience members are invited to bring an unwrapped toy for deserving children in need through out Middle Tennessee. In 2015, through a partnership with ABC and the U.S. Marine Corps\u2019 Toys for Tots program, CMA collected more than 5,000 unwrapped gifts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; CMTT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stars Spread Cheer on \u2018CMA Country Christmas\u2019 Scheduled to be taped at the Grand Ole Opry House on Tuesday, Nov. 8th (7:00 PM\/CT; doors open from 5:30-6:30 PM\/CT) Some of the music industry\u2019s most well-known names have gathered to ring in the holiday spirit during \u201cCMA Country Christmas,\u201d a two-hour special hosted for the seventh year by Jennifer Nettles airing Monday, Nov. 28th (8:00-10:00 PM\/ET) on the ABC Television Network. Scheduled to be taped at the Grand Ole Opry House on Tuesday, Nov. 8th (7:00 PM\/CT; doors open from 5:30-6:30<a href=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/06\/stars-spread-cheer-on-cma-country-christmas\/\" class=\"read-more\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61388"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}