{"id":9638,"date":"2020-10-07T09:07:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T14:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=9638"},"modified":"2020-10-07T09:08:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T14:08:02","slug":"the-joy-the-holiday-season-brings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2020\/10\/07\/the-joy-the-holiday-season-brings\/","title":{"rendered":"The Joy the Holiday Season Brings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s frigid outside<\/span><\/p>\n

Like we were inside of a snow globe<\/p>\n

Snow on the ground<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s a winter wonderland<\/p>\n

We\u00a0 sate our thirst on that sweet,<\/p>\n

chocolate nectar<\/p>\n

that already fills our bodies,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Creating a cozy contentedness<\/span><\/p>\n

Children shrieking gleefully,<\/span><\/p>\n

ecstatic at the sight of their first snowfall.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They marvel at the crisp cotton-like flurries<\/p>\n

Coming down,<\/p>\n

as lightly as a million feathers atop their small heads<\/p>\n

Which are caressed by velvety wool caps<\/p>\n

Lovingly knitted by careful grandmothers<\/p>\n

Young lovers are gaily laughing under the mistletoe<\/span><\/p>\n

Enjoying each others\u2019 presence<\/span><\/p>\n

Without a care for the troubles tomorrow may bring<\/p>\n

Indifferent to judgmental, wandering eyes<\/p>\n

Grandparents lovingly nurturing their small grandchildren<\/span><\/p>\n

The warm smell of soft sweet gingerbread<\/p>\n

And old, clean leather nuzzling<\/p>\n

the itty-bitty children<\/p>\n

People building gargantuan, frosty, affable snowmen<\/span><\/p>\n

Topped with an old beat-up top hat that’s been in one family for decades,<\/p>\n

Fresh picked crispy carrots from Old Man Grady’s farm,\u00a0<\/p>\n

Smoot covered coal, fetched from the railroad tracks<\/p>\n

Across the street from the Town Square<\/p>\n

And a scarf knitted in soft, bright colors<\/p>\n

Gifted by a little blonde pig-tailed girl\u00a0<\/p>\n

Who was maybe three years old<\/p>\n

Warm gingerbread men<\/span><\/p>\n

Baked by the kindest ladies you’re ever likely to meet<\/p>\n

They all get together at the town church<\/p>\n

And make Christmas food for everyone in the park<\/p>\n

Carolers chiming like twinkly bells<\/span><\/p>\n

Joyfully belting our favorite Christmas tunes<\/span><\/p>\n

Parents drinking eggnog,<\/span><\/p>\n

Conversing with each other while attentively watching their kids,<\/p>\n

Cheering their children on during every hockey game,<\/p>\n

Making sure no one gets hurt<\/p>\n

People dutifully fulfilling their loved ones holiday wishes<\/span><\/p>\n

Friends ice skating together,<\/span><\/p>\n

Tripping over each others’ feet<\/p>\n

And choking on their laughter<\/p>\n

Happiness is what Christmas is all about<\/span><\/p>\n






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It’s frigid outside Like we were inside of a snow globe Snow on the ground It’s a winter wonderland We\u00a0 sate our thirst on that sweet, chocolate nectar that already fills our bodies,\u00a0 Creating a cozy contentedness Children shrieking gleefully, ecstatic at the sight of their first snowfall.\u00a0 They marvel at the crisp cotton-like flurries … Continue reading “The Joy the Holiday Season Brings”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9638"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9638"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9967,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9638\/revisions\/9967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}