{"id":5050,"date":"2012-12-21T13:26:47","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T18:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=5050"},"modified":"2012-12-21T13:26:47","modified_gmt":"2012-12-21T18:26:47","slug":"12-21-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=5050","title":{"rendered":"12  21 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/calendar\/december-solstice.html\">winter solstice<\/a>, also the first day of winter; according to many it should have been the end of the world as we know it.<\/p>\n<p>We celebrated last night with friends, not because we were worried about the end of the world but then one could say we were hedging our bets.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5050 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='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bagneres-7.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bagneres-7-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bagneres-7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bagneres-7-48x48.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='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bagneres-18.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bagneres-18-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bagneres-18-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bagneres-18-48x48.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 portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bagneres-34.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bagneres-34-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bagneres-34-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bagneres-34-48x48.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 portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bagneres-41.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bagneres-41-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bagneres-41-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bagneres-41-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice, also the first day of winter; according to many it should have been the end of the world as we know it. 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