{"id":5774,"date":"2013-12-24T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2013-12-24T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=5774"},"modified":"2013-12-23T20:29:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-24T02:29:00","slug":"merry-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=5774","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5773\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?attachment_id=5773\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5773\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5773\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5773 \" title=\"Walking with Cake: Christmas Card 2013\" alt=\"Walking with Cake: Christmas Card 2013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Christmas-Card-2013.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Christmas-Card-2013.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Christmas-Card-2013-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(This will do for this year.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Christmas Eve is finally here, and while it seems like it was just Thanksgiving, these last few days felt really long, for some reason.\u00a0 We spent the weekend running last-minute errands, celebrating Ryan&#8217;s birthday, and enjoying the season and the cold weather.\u00a0 Our furniture arrived last night, an early Christmas present, so we are breaking it in and lounging around.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t send out Christmas cards this year (something had to go, along with that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=5662\">monstrous tree<\/a>), but if I had, the picture above would have been a contender.\u00a0 This is from the night we decorated our new tree, and the boys look so cute, even if they&#8217;re looking in two different directions.\u00a0 Oh, well.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, we&#8217;ll put out the toys and fill the stockings after the boys go to sleep, and then we&#8217;ll celebrate with my family tomorrow.\u00a0 It should be a quiet and relaxed Christmas, and those are my favorite kind.\u00a0 I&#8217;m taking the rest of the week off, but I&#8217;ll be back next Monday.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday and enjoy this time together!\u00a0 See you soon!<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=5774\"><\/div><script>\r\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\r\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 1395755;\r\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\r\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas Eve is finally here, and while it seems like it was just Thanksgiving, these last few days felt really long, for some reason.\u00a0 We spent the weekend running last-minute errands, celebrating Ryan&#8217;s birthday, and enjoying the season and the&#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n<script>\r\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\r\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 1395755;\r\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\r\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[42],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=5774\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Merry Christmas! 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