{"id":149,"date":"2021-12-07T02:00:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T02:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/?p=149"},"modified":"2021-12-07T02:00:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T02:00:25","slug":"christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have found 2 versions of the same song that represent different attitudes about Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Where are you Christmas?<\/em><br><br>Where are you Christmas<br>Why can&#8217;t I find you<br>Why have you gone away?<br><br>My world is changing,<br>I&#8217;m rearranging,<br>does that mean Christmas changes too?<br><br>Where are you Christmas?<br>Do you remember<br>The girl you used you know?<br>you and I were so carefree,<br>now nothing&#8217;s easy,<br>Did Christmas change?<br><br>Or just me?<br><br><br><br><em>Where Are You Christmas?<\/em><br><br>Where are you Christmas<br>Why can&#8217;t I find you<br>Why have you gone away<br>Where is the laughter<br>You used to bring me<br>Why can&#8217;t I hear music play<br><br>My world is changing<br>I&#8217;m rearranging<br>Does that mean Christmas changes too<br><br>Where are you Christmas<br>Do you remember<br>The one you used to know<br>I&#8217;m not the same one<br>See what the time&#8217;s done<br>Is that why you have let me go<br><br>Christmas is here<br>Everywhere, oh<br>Christmas is here<br>If you care, oh<br><br>If there is love in your heart and your mind<br>You will feel like Christmas all the time<br><br>I feel you Christmas<br>I know I&#8217;ve found you<br>You never fade away<br>The joy of Christmas<br>Stays here inside us<br>Fills each and every heart with love<br><br>Where are you Christmas<br>Fill your heart with love<br><br><br>I like the first version of this song better than the second version. The first version makes Christmas sound more like a belief than the emotion, joy. I like the idea of Christmas being more of a belief than an emotion because people grow and their feelings can change quickly. I prefer the idea of viewing holidays as a celebration of what is good in the world.<br><br>I also like the symbols associated with Christmas. One of my favorite symbols are the turtledoves which are an emblem for devoted love. Plus, they remind me of sweet, little doves that my husband and I saw when we went on a trip to Mexico. They sounded like they were saying, &#8220;Whooooo&#8221;, every morning. Those adorable little birds are fascinating. They form strong pair bonds and can migrate long distances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some day, I would like to put Christmas decorations and symbols around the house during the holidays, such as small Christmas figurines, plants, lights, candles, turtle doves, wreaths, chimes, art, baked apples, snow, and cookies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christmas reminds me of famous quotes by the famous Microbiologist, Louis Pasteur, the man who discovered the vaccination for small pox and rabies:<br><br>\u201cWhether our efforts are, or not, favored by life, let us be able to say, when we come near the great goal, I have done what I could.\u201d<br><br>\u201cLet me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity.\u201d<br><br>\u201cIt is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have found 2 versions of the same song that represent different attitudes about Christmas. Where are you Christmas?Where are you ChristmasWhy can&#8217;t I find youWhy have you gone away?My world is changing,I&#8217;m rearranging,does that mean Christmas changes too?Where are you Christmas?Do you rememberThe girl you used you know?you and I were so carefree,now nothing&#8217;s&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more navbutton\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/christmas\/\">Read More<i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3,29],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1660,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions\/1660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}