{"id":218,"date":"2009-12-07T15:44:16","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T19:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gargoyle:8011\/?p=218"},"modified":"2009-12-07T15:45:49","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T19:45:49","slug":"christmas-countdownday-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catchick6creations.interiority.org\/?p=218","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Countdown&#8230;.Day 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gargoyle:8011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2009-12-07b1.jpg\" title=\"2009-12-07b1.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gargoyle:8011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2009-12-07b1.jpg\" title=\"2009-12-07b1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gargoyle:8011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2009-12-07b1.jpg\" alt=\"2009-12-07b1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite things to get out is our mangers.\u00a0 We have a lot of mangers.\u00a0 A lot.\u00a0 And each one is completely different.\u00a0 I love them all.\u00a0 They are all special and they all have memories and meanings.\u00a0 We have to get creative about where to put our mangers because we have cats.\u00a0 If we aren&#8217;t careful the cats will get to the mangers and this is not good.\u00a0 So, furniture is rearranged and knick knacks are put aside to make room for the mangers.<\/p>\n<p>This year I have inherited some of my mom&#8217;s mangers.\u00a0 Her favorite and most treasured Christmas item was her Hummel manger set that her mother and father and sister gave to her in 1960.\u00a0 Every year, when I was little, she would get this manger out and talk about it and how much it meant to her.\u00a0 We were never allowed to touch it because it was so breakable and special. \u00a0 When I had children, I would help my mother get out her manger set and my mom would tell them about how special it was and how much meaning it had to her.\u00a0 I would tell my children to never touch it because it was so special.\u00a0 Well, this year we went and picked it up from my mother&#8217;s house and set it up in our house.\u00a0 It seems strange..to have it sitting in my house&#8230;.not at my mom&#8217;s house.\u00a0 It feels wrong, but right at the same time.\u00a0 She talked about how she wanted me to have it when she died. \u00a0 As I set it up&#8230;.I told my children they couldn&#8217;t touch it because it was so special&#8230;even more special now&#8230;..now that my mom is gone&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gargoyle:8011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2009-12-07a1.jpg\" title=\"2009-12-07a1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gargoyle:8011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2009-12-07a1.jpg\" alt=\"2009-12-07a1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/gargoyle:8011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2009-12-07c.jpg\" title=\"2009-12-07c.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gargoyle:8011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2009-12-07c.jpg\" alt=\"2009-12-07c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gargoyle:8011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2009-12-07d.jpg\" title=\"2009-12-07d.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gargoyle:8011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2009-12-07d.jpg\" alt=\"2009-12-07d.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/gargoyle:8011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2009-12-07e.jpg\" title=\"2009-12-07e.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gargoyle:8011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2009-12-07e.jpg\" alt=\"2009-12-07e.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gargoyle:8011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2009-12-07f1.jpg\" title=\"2009-12-07f1.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gargoyle:8011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2009-12-07f1.jpg\" title=\"2009-12-07f1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gargoyle:8011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2009-12-07f1.jpg\" alt=\"2009-12-07f1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite things to get out is our mangers.\u00a0 We have a lot of mangers.\u00a0 A lot.\u00a0 And each one is completely different.\u00a0 I love them all.\u00a0 They are all special and they all have memories and meanings.\u00a0 We have to get creative about where to put our mangers because we have cats.\u00a0 &hellip; 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