{"id":388,"date":"2010-12-17T11:13:25","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T18:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts-wp\/?p=388"},"modified":"2019-01-16T15:12:18","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T23:12:18","slug":"we-wish-you-a-merry-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts\/2010\/12\/we-wish-you-a-merry-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"We Wish You A Merry Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KAQ-VZUdiqg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>(and yes&#8230;I actually own this album on vinyl\u00a0from back when I was a kid)<\/p>\n<p>The priest at my church has been telling us about how he hasn&#8217;t been able to get into the Advent spirit this year (for those not up on churchspeak&#8230;Advent is the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas that marks the beginning of the church calendar).\u00a0 I&#8217;ve\u00a0been right there with a similar sentiment this year.<\/p>\n<p>My holiday plans of course were thrown upside down with the breakup right before\u00a0Thanksgiving.\u00a0 I ended up at my parents house for Thanksgiving instead of\u00a0my original plans to spend the\u00a0long weekend in Portland.\u00a0 Because of that unexpected trip though, I&#8217;ve decided not to go home to Oregon for Christmas.\u00a0 This will be the first year since I moved down to LA that I won&#8217;t be going home for Christmas (though it was also the first year I was home for\u00a0Thanksgiving).<\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0for my\u00a0plans for Christmas now&#8230;I&#8217;ve got an invite to go over to play video games and hang out\u00a0in the afternoon on Christmas day from one of my friends.\u00a0 Other than that, my Christmas and\u00a0New\u00a0Year&#8217;s plans are\u00a0open.\u00a0 I\u00a0did cancel my vacation request for the week between Christmas and New Year&#8217;s though.\u00a0 Figured I&#8217;d save those hours for an actual\u00a0vacation\u00a0sometime later.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 (and yes&#8230;I actually own this album on vinyl\u00a0from back when I was a kid) The priest at my church has been telling us about how he hasn&#8217;t been able to get into the Advent spirit this year (for those not up on churchspeak&#8230;Advent is the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas that marks the beginning &hellip; 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