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    <![CDATA[<h1>Early Christmas Gifts</h1><p><img style="vertical-align: text-top;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2565/4156004162_7175a87a68_m.jpg" alt="" width="115" height="150" /></p>
<p><a href="https://bigidea.com/index_cmas.aspx" target="_blank">Veggie Tales newest video "St. Nicholas"</a> features the Matthew West / Amy Gant duet "Give This Christmas Away" which benefits Operation Christmas Child and was written by Matthew and our very own Sam Mizell. &nbsp;Apparently, <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-12-02-song02_ST_N.htm?csp=34&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Religion-TopStories+%28News+-+Religion+-+Top+Stories%29" target="_blank">USA Today has caught wind of this story</a>.</p>
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<p>And high-fives all around as "The Motions" by Matthew West, Sam Mizell and Jason Houser was nominated for the <a href="http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx#11" target="_blank">Best Gospel Song GRAMMY award</a>! &nbsp;This is Simpleville's first Grammy song nomination... &nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p><h1>7.21.09 Battlefield</h1><p>Jordin Sparks' new album Battlefield was released today. &nbsp;Check out the song "Was I The Only One", written by our very own Sam Mizell! &nbsp;<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090720/ap_en_re/us_music_review_jordin_sparks" target="_blank">See what people are saying...</a></p>
<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090720/ap_en_re/us_music_review_jordin_sparks" target="_blank"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2463/3743277451_d41201c8d2.jpg?v=0" alt="JS" width="115" height="115" /></a></p>]]>
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