{"id":4889,"date":"2011-12-18T01:32:03","date_gmt":"2011-12-18T08:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=4889"},"modified":"2011-12-18T01:32:03","modified_gmt":"2011-12-18T08:32:03","slug":"christmas-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2011\/12\/christmas-details\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_7136.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4890\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_7136.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_7136.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_7136-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The greeting<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">cards have all been sent,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Christmas rush is through&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Are you singing that Carpenters song yet?)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We&#8217;ve spent the past few days finishing up Christmas details.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We even made some goodies for the neighbors, despite my plans to skip it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When you hear the call to bake, you&#8217;ve got to bake; homemade toffee is always a good idea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I entered the world of cellophane wrapping and I&#8217;m never going back. It&#8217;s the lovely detail I&#8217;ve been missing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Each year we make a list of things we want to do to celebrate Christmas. Here&#8217;s an excerpt from our list:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Go caroling<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">View Christmas lights<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Watch <em>It&#8217;s A Wonderful Life<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Decorate small gingerbread houses<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Finish reading <em>The Book of Mormon<\/em> by Dec 31st.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Watch <em>Scrooge<\/em> with Alastair Sim, hiding from scary parts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Make the Annual Christmas Video; record piano performances &amp; dances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Watch the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Kings Singers concert (especially Oh Holy Night)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">eggnog<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">eggnog<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">chocolate<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The greeting cards have all been sent, The Christmas rush is through&#8230; (Are you singing that Carpenters song yet?) We&#8217;ve spent the past few days finishing up Christmas details. We even made some goodies for the neighbors, despite my plans to skip it. When you hear the call to bake, you&#8217;ve got to bake; homemade &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2011\/12\/christmas-details\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Christmas details<\/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":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4889","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=4889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4891,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4889\/revisions\/4891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}