{"id":545,"date":"2023-03-02T08:43:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T08:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christmas.sharonslc.com\/index.php\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T04:00:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T04:00:33","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christmas.sharonslc.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"545\" class=\"elementor elementor-545\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-054a720 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"054a720\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-108fcbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"108fcbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Christmas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ba2705 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8ba2705\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75f2fbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75f2fbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2025 - I Believe In Father Christmas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5109808 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5109808\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-956806d elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"956806d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;,&quot;show_image_overlay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;image_overlay&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/christmas.sharonslc.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/Snapshot2TitleOnly.png&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:800,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" title=\"vimeo Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1148211171?color&amp;autopause=0&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;byline=0#t=\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/christmas.sharonslc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Snapshot2TitleOnly.png);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed-play\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play Video\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-play\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M838 162C746 71 633 25 500 25 371 25 258 71 163 162 71 254 25 367 25 500 25 633 71 746 163 837 254 929 367 979 500 979 633 979 746 933 838 837 929 746 975 633 975 500 975 367 929 254 838 162M808 192C892 279 933 379 933 500 933 621 892 725 808 808 725 892 621 938 500 938 379 938 279 896 196 808 113 725 67 621 67 500 67 379 108 279 196 192 279 108 383 62 500 62 621 62 721 108 808 192M438 392V642L642 517 438 392Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d8c366 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5d8c366\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e28586b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e28586b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>I Believe In Father Christmas,<\/em> performed by Greg Lake (from the group Emerson, Lake, &amp; Palmer), was released in 1975, launching his solo career.\u00a0<\/p><p>The song was very popular in the UK, reaching #2 on its Singles Chart (Queen&#8217;s <em>Bohemian Rhapsody <\/em>was #1).<\/p><p>The original music video of Lake performing the tune is here:\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yfY4b1NszpY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greg Lake &#8211; I Believe in Father Christmas<\/a><\/p><p>Marking the song&#8217;s 50th Anniversary, there is a newly released animated music video posted here:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mBNz2LqDJdM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">50th Anniversity Video &#8211; I Believe in Father Christmas<\/a><\/p><p>I was reminded of this song last year by BillyG, long-time Fiddlerman Forum member, who provided a link to a 2021 performance of the tune by UK&#8217;s Sarah Brightman in a holiday special filmed at Christ Church Spitalfields in London (thanks, BillyG) &#8211; video is here:\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rd-22mPGokk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Brightman: I Believe in Father Christmas<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas 2025 &#8211; 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