{"id":301,"date":"2010-01-05T16:06:49","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T20:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gargoyle:8011\/?p=301"},"modified":"2010-12-23T09:51:15","modified_gmt":"2010-12-23T13:51:15","slug":"christmas-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catchick6creations.interiority.org\/?p=301","title":{"rendered":"Christmas things&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"2010-01-05a.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/gargoyle:8011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2010-01-05a.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"2010-01-05a1.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/gargoyle:8011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2010-01-05a1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/gargoyle:8011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2010-01-05a1.jpg\" alt=\"2010-01-05a1.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"696\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well&#8230;.another Christmas has come and gone&#8230;.As I was putting away all the holiday things&#8230;.it strikes me that some of my most cherished things&#8230;are the things that didn&#8217;t cost a lot of money.\u00a0 For example, our Christmas tree star.\u00a0 It was our first Christmas together, and Christopher and I got a small tree.\u00a0 As we were decorating the tree, we realized we didn&#8217;t have anything to put on top of it.\u00a0 I remembered that once, long ago, I had seen a star made from an old tin can.\u00a0 We didn&#8217;t have a tin can&#8230;only an old soda can.\u00a0 So, I cut a star from the soda can.\u00a0 Every year, when we got the star out, I would say we should get a proper star&#8230;but Christopher always told me, no, this was a proper star.\u00a0 And I guess, after all these years, I finally realize that he is right&#8230;it is a proper star and I wouldn&#8217;t have anything else for the top of our tree!<\/p>\n<p>I got many wonderful presents this year&#8230;.one of my favorites is a manger that my son gave to me.\u00a0 He is incredibly creative.\u00a0 He went into the workshop and took scraps of wood and, and using the scraps just as they were, he made me a manger.\u00a0 I just love all the adorable people and animals!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"2010-01-05b.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/gargoyle:8011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2010-01-05b.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"2010-01-05b1.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/gargoyle:8011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2010-01-05b1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/gargoyle:8011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/2010-01-05b1.jpg\" alt=\"2010-01-05b1.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"352\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well&#8230;.another Christmas has come and gone&#8230;.As I was putting away all the holiday things&#8230;.it strikes me that some of my most cherished things&#8230;are the things that didn&#8217;t cost a lot of money.\u00a0 For example, our Christmas tree star.\u00a0 It was our first Christmas together, and Christopher and I got a small tree.\u00a0 As we were &hellip; 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