{"id":1317350,"date":"2019-12-20T08:10:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T15:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1815895"},"modified":"2019-12-20T08:10:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T15:10:11","slug":"what-the-holidays-mean-for-darius-rucker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/what-the-holidays-mean-for-darius-rucker\/","title":{"rendered":"What the Holidays Mean for Darius Rucker"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span>
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Everybody has their thing, right? That one thing (or things) that truly make your holidays merry and bright. <\/p>\n

For Darius Rucker, it sounds like his Christmas feels most like Christmas when he has his three favorite things: a movie, a pie, and a very special song. In a recent radio interview, Rucker shared what he loves the most about the whole holiday season. <\/p>\n

His favorite movie:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be a tie between Miracle on 34th Street<\/em>, which is still just great acting, great movie. I just love it. I love watching it,\u201d Rucker said of the 1947 film. \u201cI watch it probably four times every Christmas and cry at the end every time. And I love Elf<\/em>. I just think Elf<\/em> is one of the absolute great stories and just one of the funniest movies I\u2019ve ever seen, and it just happens to be a Christmas movie.\u201d<\/p>\n

His favorite dish:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a big food guy, as you can tell by looking at me. I like food a lot. But my favorite thing is my sister\u2019s sweet potato pie. I love sweet potato pie so much,\u201d he said, \u201cand I don\u2019t get it very often. And my sisters always make sure I get a couple during Thanksgiving and Christmas, so that\u2019s my favorite thing: sweet potato pie.\u201d<\/p>\n

His favorite song:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOh, \u2018The Christmas Song,\u2019 no doubt about it. There\u2019s a reason it\u2019s called \u2018The Christmas Song.\u2019 That\u2019s my favorite Christmas song to sing and my favorite Christmas song to listen to,\u201d he said of the 1940s Nat King Cole song about chestnuts roasting on an open fire. <\/p>\n

Rucker \u2014 just like the rest of us \u2014 is kind of stunned that Christmas is already right around the corner. \u201cHow is Christmas NEXT WEEK?! I loved putting together my first Christmas album. See the story behind the songs here,\u201d he posted on social media. <\/p>\n

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How is Christmas NEXT WEEK?! I loved putting together my first Christmas album. See the story behind the songs here: https:\/\/t.co\/V6art4mRFF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Darius Rucker (@dariusrucker) December 19, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Five years ago, Rucker released a Christmas album called Home For The Holidays<\/em>, a collection of classic songs and originals, like the one he wrote with Frank Rogers and Monty Criswell, \u201cWhat God Wants for Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n

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