{"id":1749,"date":"2010-12-22T01:24:29","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T08:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2010-12-22T01:24:29","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T08:24:29","slug":"holiday-apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/holiday-apology\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Apology"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>You might get a Christmas card from me this year. But you might not. In fact, it’s likely that you won’t.<\/p>\n

I’m sorry. <\/em> Really, I am.<\/p>\n

I actually like <\/em>sending holiday cards – I like getting them. In this day and age of digital communication, there’s something special and personal about receiving a tangible, hand written\/signed card in the mail. So it’s something I plan on and look forward to each year. In fact, I purchased the cards in October<\/em> with the best of intentions and chances are you’re on my list. They just need to be written in, signed, address, stamped and mailed.<\/p>\n

But, due to working 60 additional unexpected hours<\/em> in November, this holiday season is not going as I had planned. It all just feels so overwhelming this year. No tree, though I have hung a garland under my mantle. After 2 weeks I finally hung a few decorations on it.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>And I managed to finally make\/send an advent calendar <\/em>to Kennedy just in time to start the countdown to Christmas… a much bigger project than I’d initially imagined, but it turned out really cute.<\/p>\n

Happily the holiday package for family in Costa Rica made it in time for them to enjoy a few treats and crafts for the season. So I didn’t bail on the holidays entirely… but the greeting cards will probably sit here unused this year. Maybe you’ll get a postcard from Costa Rica in January instead. No promises \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

But even though you might not get a card this year, I want you to know that I’m happy you’re in my life – whether in person or online.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 And I hope you have a beautiful Christmas, Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, Kwanza, or whatever you celebrate.<\/p>\n

I’ll leave you with a seasonal photo of Molbak’s poinsettias in case a card is not forthcoming…<\/p>\n

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Happy Holidays! <\/em> How are yours shaping up this year?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You might get a Christmas card from me this year. But you might not. In fact, it’s likely that you won’t. I’m sorry. Really, I am. I actually like sending holiday cards – I like getting them. In this day and age of digital communication, there’s something special and personal about receiving a tangible, hand … Continue reading Holiday Apology<\/span> →<\/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":[1],"tags":[89,100,84,34,101],"class_list":["post-1749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-celebrate","tag-christmas","tag-family","tag-kennedy","tag-winter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1749"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1768,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions\/1768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}