This week has been a very K-Beauty heavy week, so I thought I should mix in one of my older albums to show you all. Today, while sitting here like Mrs Doubtfire, I will be talking about the EXO Miracles in December Winter Special from 2013. If you do not know what I mean by saying I am sitting here like Mrs. Doubtfire, this is what I mean:
Masking like a boss since 1993!
Things to know about the EXO Miracles in December The First Winter Special Album:
Released on December 9th, 2013 EXO’s first Winter Special Album was released. Ranking in the number one spot on the Gaon Weekly and Monthly charts, as well as taking 4th on the year end charts, the album featured EXO’s first winter single “Miracles in December”. Boasting 59 million views on Youtube, the song reached #2 on the Goan Weekly charts, and #3 on the monthly charts. The album also ranked number one on the Billboard World Album Charts and the single took #3 on the Billboard World Songs Chart.
- There is only 1 version of the album
- Things that come with it:
- CD
- Photobook (about 64 pages)
- Snowglobe pop-up (12 versions) – I have weird Xiumin
- Tracks on the album:
- 12월의 기적 (Miracles in December)
- Christmas Day (sung by Suho, Xiumin, Luhan, Baekhyun, Chen, Lay, D.O.)
- The Star (sung by Suho, Kris, Baekhyun, Chanyeol, D.O., Kai, Sehun)
- My Turn to Cry (sung by Baekhyun, Chen & D.O)
- 첫 눈 (The First Snow – sung by EXO-K)
- 12월의 기적 (Miracles in – Classical Orchestra Version)
K-Points: 102/5
So, I love the music on this album, and I secretly love how weirdly, creepy fetus EXO is here. Why was their concept “let’s all look exactly alike”? I have no idea, but I’m happy they have only done it once. So why isn’t the score higher? Simply put, out of all the EXO albums I own, this isn’t one of my favorites.
Should you buy a copy of this album? After you get all of their non-EPs and regular EPs, yes you should. You can get it here. Can you just stream it? Absolutely. I still think that the music is excellent, and heck, even if it is a Christmas album, I listen to some of the tracks year round!
Where Can I Buy It?
You can get a copy of this at the following places:
- Music Plaza (I purchased mine here)
- Ebay (Can get Cashback with Rakuten)
- Amazon
- SubK Shop
If you want to see where I get almost all of the products I buy, you can see that here.
What is Rakuten?
Rakuten is a cashback site that gives you money for purchases you may have already made. They even have an extension for multiple browsers so when you go to a website that uses Rakuten, it will automatically pop up the cashback button to make sure you are saving money. I use this all the time, and I got over $80 back from them for purchases I was going to make anyway. That’s about 3 more albums I can buy!
If you’ve never used Rakuten before, you can use this link to get $10 when making a qualified purchase of $25 when using Rakuten. You will also get whatever percent cashback is being offered from the site you are purchasing from. Sephora, typically has 4% cashback, through here. Ulta typically has 3%. These are just some of the companies on the website, but there are other major retailers on there as well!
Rakuten also has a Google Chrome extension that will tell you as soon as you log onto a site that has cashback with a little pop-up in the corner so that you can ensure you are saving money!
What EXO Winter Special song is your favorite? Let me know in the comments below, K-Nuggets!
사랑합니다!
–Rachel
