{"id":2912,"date":"2021-12-25T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-25T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/?p=2912"},"modified":"2023-04-17T15:37:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T19:37:53","slug":"merry-christmas-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/merry-christmas-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Catholic-Christmas-Prayer-With-Image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Catholic-Christmas-Prayer-With-Image.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Catholic-Christmas-Prayer-With-Image.jpg 651w, https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Catholic-Christmas-Prayer-With-Image-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Loving God, Help us remember the Birth of Jesus, <br>that we may share in the song of angels, <br>the gladness of the shepherds, <br>and worship of the wise men. <br>&#8212; Amen<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted has-normal-font-size\">Retrieved from A Charlie Brown Christmas:\n\nCharlie Brown \"Isn't there anyone who knows what Christmas \nis all about?\"\n\n\"Sure, Charlie Brown, I can tell you what Christmas is all about,\" \nsaid Linus. [<em>Linus walks to center stage<\/em>.] \n\n\"Lights, please.\"\n\n<strong><em>And there were in the same country shepherds abiding \nin the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.\n\nAnd, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them,\nand the glory of the Lord shone round about them: \nand they were sore afraid.\n\nAnd the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, \nI bring you good tidings of great joy, \nwhich shall be to all people.\n\nFor unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour,\nwhich is Christ the Lord.\n\nAnd this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe\nwrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.\n\nAnd suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the\nheavenly host praising God, and saying,\n\nGlory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, \ngood will toward men.<\/em>\n<\/strong>\n                 --Book 42, Luke (002:08-14)\n                   The Bible, King James Version<\/pre>\n\n\n<script>\r\n document.write('<hr style=\"width=75%; border-top: 2px solid #000; margin: auto;'>');\r\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post takes a trip down memory lane and revisits the classic scene from the beloved holiday special, A Charlie Brown Christmas. In this scene, Charlie Brown laments the commercialization of Christmas and asks the poignant question, &#8220;Isn&#8217;t there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?&#8221; The post reflects on the deeper meaning of Christmas and the message of hope and love that it embodies. It encourages readers to pause and reflect on what Christmas means to them and to embrace the true spirit of the holiday season.<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/merry-christmas-2021\/\" title=\"Read More\"> <span class=\"button \">Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123458,"featured_media":4736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[85,56],"class_list":["post-2912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-christmas","tag-holiday"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/catholic-family-header.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2912"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5046,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2912\/revisions\/5046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}