{"id":475,"date":"2012-12-07T08:51:57","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T16:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lisahendey\/?p=475"},"modified":"2015-03-12T16:51:40","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T23:51:40","slug":"christmas-cheer-do-you-save-it-for-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lisahendey\/2012\/12\/christmas-cheer-do-you-save-it-for-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Cheer: Do You Save It for the Season?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>This morning, I sat watching this video from my friend Father Roderick Vonh\u00f6gen of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqpn.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">SQPN.com<\/a> and pondering the current \u2014 undecorated \u2014 state of my home.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NzyQ7C3NFL0?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/center>Honestly, in most years my home would have been decorated for Christmas by now. We typically host my husband\u2019s work Christmas party in early December (it\u2019s actually, of course, called a \u201choliday party\u201d) and everyone expects decorations. This year, we\u2019re off and as a result there is no \u201cpressure\u201d to decorate. I did spend a bit of time readying my Advent wreath on Saturday.\n<figure id=\"attachment_476\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-476\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/300\/2012\/12\/photo-1.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-476 \" title=\"photo (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/300\/2012\/12\/photo-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our Advent Wreath<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This year, I actually put quite a lot of thought and effort into my Advent wreath. My mother in law and I drove to a local Christmas tree farm to choose a living wreath to replace the raggedy old fake one I\u2019ve been using for years. I stepped up from my old partially-burned taper candles to new ones that I\u2019d purchased a year ago at a monastery I visited. The red tablecloth is obviously liturgically incorrect for the season, but my husband drew the line at a purple one. The \u201cbling\u201d in the center happened because this was a candleholder I\u2019ve had for years and love, but it obviously has five glass holders. We may end up throwing a white candle in there, but a friend gifted me that purple ornament last week and it sort of just landed there.<\/p>\n<p>I am not opposed to putting my Christmas tree up early, but at this point, I am also not feeling compelled to do so. I want it to happen on a day when our family can gather and spend a bit of time together enjoying the moment. With the rate things are going, that may be Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>And you, are you decorated \u2014 both literally and mentally \u2014 for Christmas or are you holding off? How has your Advent been so far?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, I sat watching this video from my friend Father Roderick Vonh\u00f6gen of SQPN.com and pondering the current \u2014 undecorated \u2014 state of my home. Honestly, in most years my home would have been decorated for Christmas by now. 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