{"id":5076,"date":"2012-12-24T16:25:50","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T21:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=5076"},"modified":"2012-12-24T16:25:50","modified_gmt":"2012-12-24T21:25:50","slug":"wreaths-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=5076","title":{"rendered":"WREATHS AND LIGHTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5076 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/newport-12-23-12-158411.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/newport-12-23-12-158411-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/newport-12-23-12-158411-150x150.jpg 150w, 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width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/warwick-lights-12-23-12-158875-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/warwick-lights-12-23-12-158875-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/warwick-lights-12-23-12-158875-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/warwick-lights-12-23-12-158892.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/warwick-lights-12-23-12-158892-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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Good friends, our family, good fortune, which is measured in many ways. The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wreath\">Wreath<\/a> has come to symbolize all of these things through time, perhaps even more strongly than the christmas tree.<\/p>\n<p>It is a season for children. I remember the anticipation I had as a child, then that of my own children and look forward to that same joy in my grandchildren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is Christmas Eve and much of the world is pausing to celebrate the birth of Jesus, but the essence of the season is giving thanks for what we have. Good friends, our family, good fortune, which is measured in many ways. The Wreath has come to symbolize all of these things through time, perhaps &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=5076\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WREATHS AND LIGHTS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1537],"tags":[1536,1538],"class_list":["post-5076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas-card","tag-christmas-lights","tag-christmas-wreaths"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5076"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5087,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5076\/revisions\/5087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}