{"id":227,"date":"2013-12-01T22:41:17","date_gmt":"2013-12-01T22:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=227"},"modified":"2014-08-13T22:44:37","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T22:44:37","slug":"images-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/images-of-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Images of Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Songs sang, bells ringing,<br \/>\nTurkey dinners, and more of goose,<br \/>\nHymns and carols, choirs singing,<br \/>\nPuddings, drink, presents of little use,<br \/>\nAll images of Christmas<br \/>\nThat we in our minds eye keep&#8230;<br \/>\nLet us be Christian, and not just for Christmas&#8230;<br \/>\nRemember those who on the streets sleep&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2791\" style=\"width: 452px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2791\" alt=\"Homeless Man in York in England in 2012 - To Be Christian and Charitable is Not Just for Christmas\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Homeless-Man-in-Tork-in-England-in-2012-To-Be-Christian-and-Charitable-is-Not-Just-for-Christmas.jpg\" width=\"452\" height=\"134\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Homeless Man in York in England in 2012 &#8211; To Be Christian and Charitable is Not Just for Christmas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Songs sang, bells ringing, Turkey dinners, and more of goose, Hymns and carols, choirs singing, Puddings, drink, presents of little use, All images of Christmas That we in our minds eye keep&#8230; Let us be Christian, and not just for Christmas&#8230; Remember those who on the streets sleep&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[358,359,360,357],"class_list":["post-227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-christmas","tag-images-of-chrostmas","tag-what-does-christmas-mean","tag-xmas","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-3F","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":475,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/tinsel-spiders-and-christmas-trees\/","url_meta":{"origin":227,"position":0},"title":"Tinsel, Spiders and Christmas Trees","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"4th December 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"House cleaned, all perfect, webs broken with brooms, Banished spiders found no stable at the inn, never mind rooms, So to bide their time, they to dark corners crept, To pass the time, they tired, and frightened, slept. 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