{"id":4343,"date":"2013-12-10T04:07:05","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T04:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4343"},"modified":"2018-04-09T04:11:51","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T03:11:51","slug":"santa-gets-a-letter-from-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/santa-gets-a-letter-from-iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Gets a Letter from Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Santa<\/a>
Santa Reading a Letter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

Santa got a letter, a letter that broke his heart,
\nAsked him for peace, to end a war that Santa did not start,
\nAll the child wanted was for the fighting to cease,
\nThat she could live without fear, and her land could know peace.<\/p>\n

Santy, you are powerful, Mr Obama you must know,
\nCan you not call by Washington, tell him the troops must go?
\nThen drop off the toys to his daughters, and leave without a fuss,
\nWe need no toys made in Taiwan, just peace for me and us.<\/p>\n

The evening faded, from dark to jet dark in the Artic, reindeer ran in the snow…
\nAnother shower of flakes came down, and the moon began to show…
\nSanta sat in his chair rocking… his eyes with tears did mist…
\nSaid its just as well for girls like she, that I do not exist!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Santa got a letter, a letter that broke his heart, Asked him for peace, to end a war that Santa did not start, All the child wanted was for the fighting to cease, That she could live without fear, and her land could know peace. Santy, you are powerful, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,3356],"tags":[358,1392,573,572,2344],"class_list":["post-4343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas-poetry","category-iraq","tag-christmas","tag-iraq","tag-letter-to-santa","tag-santa-claus","tag-war-on-terror","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-183","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1130,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/thoughts-as-we-approach-christmas-blog\/","url_meta":{"origin":4343,"position":0},"title":"Thoughts as we approach Christmas – Blog","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"16th November 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"As we approach Christmas, a few thoughts come to mind as well as a few suggestions for presents for the coming season! 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