{"id":31573,"date":"2026-01-06T11:27:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=31573"},"modified":"2026-01-22T12:38:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T18:38:29","slug":"not-the-villain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2026\/01\/not-the-villain\/","title":{"rendered":"Not the villain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000010377.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000010377.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31575\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Nativities are gone and winter decorations and collections of dishes take their place on the shelves in my kitchen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I phase out the Christmas decorations, I need to remind myself that I am not the villain of the house for taking down all the joy. It always makes us sad to see them go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the things I am telling myself,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decorations will be back again. They are special partly because they are a novelty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I need to simplify my lines of sight and reduce the number of objects requiring attention. It&#8217;s time for me to hibernate, read, sew, and be cozy for a few months without all the extras. It&#8217;s okay to need a break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I phase out the Christmas decorations, I need to remind myself that I am not the villain of the house for taking down all the joy. It always makes us sad to see them go. Here are the things I am telling myself, The decorations will be back again. They are special partly because &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2026\/01\/not-the-villain\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Not the villain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home","category-life-according-to-angela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31573"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31728,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31573\/revisions\/31728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}