{"id":251,"date":"2007-01-07T10:25:39","date_gmt":"2007-01-07T15:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/index.php\/?p=251"},"modified":"2007-01-07T13:26:23","modified_gmt":"2007-01-07T18:26:23","slug":"holidays-be-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/2007\/01\/07\/holidays-be-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Holidays be gone."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wontonjunkie\/346863406\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"5\" hspace=\"10\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/145\/346863406_dd060da774_m.jpg\" \/><\/a>After at least five Christmas celebrations our holidays are thankfully over.   I took the last of the decorations down yesterday.  We do four family Christmas celebrations each year, three of which are all out gift giving extravaganzas.  It becomes quite tiring and old after about the second or third time.<\/p>\n<p>Connor got a battery powered 4-Wheeler and now we will never have another living flower in the yard again.\u00a0 It rained on Christmas day so he spent the morning crashing it into the walls.\u00a0 It was a good but busy holiday season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After at least five Christmas celebrations our holidays are thankfully over. I took the last of the decorations down yesterday. We do four family Christmas celebrations each year, three of which are all out gift giving extravaganzas. It becomes quite tiring and old after about the second or third time. 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