{"id":306,"date":"2020-12-13T04:27:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T04:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2020\/calendar\/?p=306"},"modified":"2020-12-13T04:27:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T04:27:40","slug":"december-13th-christmas-thoughts-by-david-starsky-by-lapfordlass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2020\/calendar\/?p=306","title":{"rendered":"December 13th- Christmas Thoughts by David Starsky by Lapfordlass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I long for Christmas all year round;<br \/>\nFor snow to fall without a sound;<br \/>\nTo see the lights and mistletoes<br \/>\nAnd \u201cfolks dressed up like Eskimos\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>I love the sound of \u201cJingle bells\u201d,<br \/>\nAnd decorations, and the smells<br \/>\nThat make my season full of cheer.<br \/>\nI try to keep it all the year.<\/p>\n<p>He doesn\u2019t like the phony sights<br \/>\nOf money spent on twinkly lights.<br \/>\nHe thinks about the poor and sad<br \/>\nAnd how for some there is no \u2018glad\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He misses folks, those long since gone,<br \/>\nWho used to fill his childhood home;<br \/>\nWho gave him hugs that were enough<br \/>\nAnd made the season bright with love.<\/p>\n<p>I understand why he\u2019s a Grinch.<br \/>\nI know he\u2019s got a heart too big.<br \/>\nHe tells me that it\u2019s all a fake<br \/>\nYet gets me presents anyway.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll sing the carols, Christmas Eve,<br \/>\nAnd put the popcorn on the tree.<br \/>\nWe\u2019ll share the Day with each dear friend<br \/>\n\u2018Cause love\u2019s what matters in the end.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2020\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Christmas-thoughts.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-309 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2020\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Christmas-thoughts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"506\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"http:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2020\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Christmas-thoughts.png 506w, http:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2020\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Christmas-thoughts-300x298.png 300w, http:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2020\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Christmas-thoughts-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 85vw, 506px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I long for Christmas all year round; For snow to fall without a sound; To see the lights and mistletoes And \u201cfolks dressed up like Eskimos\u201d. I love the sound of \u201cJingle bells\u201d, And decorations, and the smells That make my season full of cheer. I try to keep it all the year. He doesn\u2019t &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2020\/calendar\/?p=306\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;December 13th- Christmas Thoughts by David Starsky by Lapfordlass&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,10,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gen","category-poem","category-sfw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2020\/calendar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2020\/calendar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2020\/calendar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2020\/calendar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2020\/calendar\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2020\/calendar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310,"href":"http:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2020\/calendar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306\/revisions\/310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2020\/calendar\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2020\/calendar\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2020\/calendar\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}