{"id":3310,"date":"2017-12-17T15:15:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T23:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=3310"},"modified":"2017-12-17T15:15:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T23:15:26","slug":"its-beginning-to-feel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2017\/12\/17\/its-beginning-to-feel\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s beginning to feel &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0219.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3311\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0219-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0219.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0219.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0219.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>&#8230; a lot like Christmas! And I&#8217;m wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, and a healthy and happy New Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; a lot like Christmas! And I&#8217;m wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, and a healthy and happy New Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[198],"class_list":{"0":"post-3310","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-holiday","8":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-Ro","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2449,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2015\/12\/24\/merry-christmas-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":3310,"position":0},"title":"Merry Christmas!","author":"Sandy","date":"December 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Merry Christmas to all of us who celebrate this day, and happy holidays to all those who celebrate something else! 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