{"id":23648,"date":"2021-12-24T01:47:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T01:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/?p=23648"},"modified":"2021-12-31T21:39:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T21:39:48","slug":"christmas-eve-christmas-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/24\/christmas-eve-christmas-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Eve\/Christmas 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because our flight to Seattle was scheduled for Dec 25, we celebrated our Christmas on the 24th this year. The kids woke up to the presents the older girls and I had set out the night before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before breakfast Abe took Clarissa to Harmon&#8217;s to get some things to make French Toast for us and my mom (to whom we delivered some later).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/1uqRmz0odeLjpn9s4JSaoA3_NP3KDBkEHtcIM4vHmO6egwMwhDnB4dk7lG80a0abxsH1MbyVfvdBWlP3qQWbOhDd5b9qiIuv1gscZ4i-g42RXEyFPVTkSl2awcqZ48ogIPk8JRhpa1E=w2400\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No one was allowed to open presents until Mary got out of bed (she was the last one up). Here is a video of everyone getting her out of bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG 6105\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/76xPR8DO5gk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\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<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG 6106\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/54FVau_B6Ks?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the letters to and from Santa! (As always, written and burnt by Abe, a tradition started as far back as Grandfather Darais with his kids.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/WaBd80ZAH48IV79HNz5DaCLwMpndfCEWHo5cagSeulQf---JVpdR-r4tYY7E0rrgBmo6ZQdFQMMQQaLCZy2IaqjwxHaY27Nc1xeAKgKXuAoMXJ3Ejf8tzCUaO6O3hh9vUmNPQYB_G-0=w2400\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/io5y6hQFukI-63Zg5unLxaGnoiDpvWzw2_Tvw3j7vjZSWYRcNdAwCCXKuawJwBFd_eR6kEGHDZQn9t_eUrXiFzW8OoFxjYBPoD21gEhuskzsdhNOHPUZiW0LmZF5Lmcs0pncuNCGXFE=w2400\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/QwXltIwCmXLCkfELaR6ZOByCiYK9K7vqbtSLpHpibOhMiDlRTSd7v96zgbQsELv0G6MmCvRUEt61QgUSoi71-Eexdfo3G5AWQTQG-PMthE9_N_mnmF0MpE9uMJXRko9T-Ry4DU01v90=w2400\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/2HPRmLyS7M4aXRy7TksidAOIdWwU4meCiTUw8oqR7Qf4PfrmAF53MWt51NKAcJlsKOrouwz3bVrIrvR6pxvTSwms10aigPADwnMpoo9olenzCiLeImZwdcebimASZcdFzRSc1UKhYgA=w2400\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/9jlR6VwTERw5VdsNGCqWqsaMNpAERYFOTp_IKyeZlgsnDWEaFFrVF_GFzUkJRXgyeR7JO2L9GM_qAVCYidG3nS11AL2zQa4NceeEwyQKtkHf3IQvzU-PEjKdzP5y0GbSzEIIQFElEYA=w2400\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/G_d2BInqzOyeuy5BQ37ZnPQLiPItz7H8EHusBkLahPFTwixawTLq1ZN9c0sGTr9XvJgIAOxfe8JdLZqCKxvTCOHAY_YU6OZ_Fqzky4QDaJJ5BhkIEMHNOGYo87slA4DlpRxeDsgakt0=w2400\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Basil got a stocking full of treats, including this doggy candy cane.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG 6107\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xJ7IvSImBDU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/CDekXlvSIcqRUsYtXmavw4K_U4shyV5uHMXHDpfpkfgYIKSqW2Gm-r-nHl_x4iUCzUzHD_izJS44hudq8UtS2yxEjT0nn3nXj5086LeuQky6yc5Rry_ZF83mJWINkgc_v1nJOeET5pA=w2400\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Clarissa was battling some blood boogers&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/twj2j3jzYh3hkrHTvQq7z6IyDFZ2bXXaiCLdu-ACHclN_1txtdjBSJndyMCZR67Y5cYcoXIWJ1-S60nSrak7Eacp1nLkfp8gdHWPqLi4GtZwQE4AIksgf8oo7EFaBBV3YIoVIQI7SzE=w2400\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\"\/><figcaption>Present opening chaos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG 6124\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/36u089mBo9w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\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<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG 6146\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AqFPX9o50Ms?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-8HTXtw_ZtXSf7YNjwgQKqyPhYeox7LfxeB0MVzgXYcmJOr_ggvgjFXdKusDXJoW9vXZHa_xvwC2u8A9umPgs3YPlI8rX9cTOH9WhUFlUMZk_E_9WhQzAv5DwysmGPmiITlcrqVOg4k=w2400\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Clarissa got some lip stick that she tried out on me.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/xfPRAkJ5qc-LXvhWhY-uc4p33prclRWg6eM1Glbgl4VNbf1wEP5p_qmjDDDWxccWphgFxsU8OG6YO2fIVnoy2Ku1iZgCTmRsjJnhoQ0u2uPAls39Bjn-HzYigpy-hU5mvuSM2O9d4B4=w2400\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>The kids found out we are going to France in the summer. The younger two appear more excited than the older two. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/36BICZrC92B36cmH0aLvFniqkij-kT3n2Y931hwG1EL7gNACGfoTnYe8V0QJwly2ANE9tn3wd4Inv0nauU8e0DTTvnJys7MM0p3USisA6dwoS78ar5-kYd8s-h4T9jULMKoFKiWz-L0=w2400\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Mary gave me the cutest little album.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/bC0vafG8j9RPqJfhh1OBroOLXxR1T5tOZiuG0AgchTo_Q_ER5BW_NxNMrRyQ0O9UKR9qvlYAzm-nKsEE8Hs5IqcbM_meymgao5pn-4nZ-JTKNBLmTMG-GKdiNPcRagvMAJH4Ke7XeQY=w2400\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/xF8J6_gHQNfA4hfPibc_32CrM2b13d01doKMRUZ1ab6Cuy6sRteCy6P_9LqmxbXdr48Vma9rgDYs5nv9ZugK0Cn_a_xCE2IbYaAa4HVcoRhnWBEWFa4l8THDFPGahtWLUWlJ2LNCfaU=w2400\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>In the afternoon the girls and I visited my mom and gave her a foot massage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/ods53An1wYKhJ7fUFgr6DQs02-NAVUXI3HWD7bDmhLWaHDcEPQg2rVJbbtQ8H6TkBKZIneh0sLNJlNCwNFt0mUTsHsfM9_XgEA6kkdM6tsCVaJTwY66IPul5ws2AlpMq6AofwB2X04I=w2400\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/sdXuSqjTiAtd85RCiqQ5TfwcAZjYeoCe5L8xAkVH1B6vUphWwTsaFCK6EObYy9LDyOy_JifhNHldXlMXMzFymnwp7UUcHK9gGopc2WrqL-82V6exliI6JrnYy8JwQh5P4YiogXhenco=w2400\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Meanwhile Abe was at home making salmon for dinner with Ammon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abe and I were still recovering emotionally from our fight on the 23rd, so we were very tired this day. I spent half of the day in bed sleeping honestly. And then Abe came down and we talked until we felt so much better. Well, the stress ended up with Abe being sick almost all day, but he did five neti pot sessions to help him recover. Between that and our talk he was feeling better by the end of the day, when we just collapsed in front of <em>The Witcher.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because our flight to Seattle was scheduled for Dec 25, we celebrated our Christmas on the 24th this year. The kids woke up to the presents the older girls and I had set out the night before. Before breakfast Abe took Clarissa to Harmon&#8217;s to get some things to make French Toast for us and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/24\/christmas-eve-christmas-2021\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Christmas Eve\/Christmas 2021<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23648"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23692,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23648\/revisions\/23692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}