{"id":9391,"date":"2013-12-10T00:52:02","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T00:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=9391"},"modified":"2013-12-10T00:55:02","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T00:55:02","slug":"its-coming%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=9391","title":{"rendered":"It’s coming\u2026\u2026."},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have to admit something, I’m a big kid when it comes to Christmas! \u00a0 love Christmas movies, Christmas decorations, the way people smile and wave, and wish each other well! \u00a0(I live in Kentucky, we actually do those things here!) \u00a0I know they do that other places too, but in some places people are in a big hurry and don ‘t take the time! \u00a0So let me offer a suggestion or two on how to make this a great Chrismtas!<\/span><\/p>\n

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* \u00a0Find someone everyday to embrace and wish them and their family a very, Merry Chrismtas!<\/p>\n

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* \u00a0Take part in a service at your church that reaches out to others, a toy drive, a Christmas dinner, or the delivery, or assembling of Christmas baskets, it will raise your spirits!<\/p>\n

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* \u00a0Spend some alone time in the word reading the Christmas story, and watch a good film that depicts the story of Christmas, and the birth of Christ.<\/p>\n

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* Find a good version of Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. \u00a0(I like the 1957 version starring Alstair Simm as Scrooge!) \u00a0If you take it to heart, it is a life changing message!<\/p>\n

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* Gathering your children or grandchildren around the tree and read them “Twas the Night Before Christmas”, and watch their eyes sparkle!<\/p>\n

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* \u00a0Give your spouse a personal gift, and take the time to thank him or her for loving you, for another year.<\/p>\n

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* \u00a0Celebrate the greatest gift of all, the birth of our Savior, Jesus!<\/p>\n

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Blessings,<\/p>\n

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the pilgrim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have to admit something, I’m a big kid when it comes to Christmas! \u00a0 love Christmas movies, Christmas decorations, the way people smile and wave, and wish each other well! \u00a0(I live in Kentucky, we actually do those things here!) \u00a0I know they do that other places too, but in some places people are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chronicles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9391"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9394,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9391\/revisions\/9394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}