{"id":1264,"date":"2012-12-24T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholenotes\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2012-12-23T04:20:17","modified_gmt":"2012-12-23T09:20:17","slug":"third-days-christmas-offerings-album-certified-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wholenotes\/2012\/12\/third-days-christmas-offerings-album-certified-gold.html","title":{"rendered":"Third Day&#8217;s Christmas Offerings album certified gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1265\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1265\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholenotes\/files\/2012\/12\/thirdday_davidmcclister.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1265\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/263\/2012\/12\/thirdday_davidmcclister-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Third Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Third Day has earned another Gold record (500,000 units sold) with its 2006 Holiday album, <em>Christmas Offerings<\/em>.\u00a0 This marks the band\u2019s ninth career RIAA Gold Album Award.<\/p>\n<p>Released Oct. 17, 2006, Christmas Offerings was released on October 17, 2006, and was the third project in the band&#8217;s Offerings series.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Third Day has released a new studio album <em>Miracle<\/em>, which produced the number one radio single &#8220;I Need a Miracle.&#8221; Third Day kicks off &#8220;The Miracle Tour&#8221; on February 21st and travels to 45 cities through May.<\/p>\n<p>Keep track of all the latest band news by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/thirdday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.thirdday.com<\/a>, and check out the Whole Notes interview with Third Day guitarist Mark Lee by clicking the link below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholenotes\/2012\/01\/a-conversation-with-third-day-guitarist-mark-lee.html\" target=\"_blank\">A conversation with Mark Lee<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Third Day has earned another Gold record (500,000 units sold) with its 2006 Holiday album, Christmas Offerings.\u00a0 This marks the band\u2019s ninth career RIAA Gold Album Award. Released Oct. 17, 2006, Christmas Offerings was released on October 17, 2006, and was the third project in the band&#8217;s Offerings series. 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