{"id":15031,"date":"2014-11-19T18:19:15","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T23:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/?p=15031"},"modified":"2015-01-10T21:37:36","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T02:37:36","slug":"advent-simplicity-with-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2014\/11\/advent-simplicity-with-wine.html","title":{"rendered":"Advent Simplicity&#8230; with wine."},"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>\u2026 I have long accepted the reality that I suck at Advent. In fact, I suck at most liturgically related crafts and projects. If it\u2019s going to require more than a glass of wine and a trip to confession, fuggedaboutit. <\/p>\n<p>I finally embraced this liturgical deficiency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/11\/keeping-my-sanity-this-season.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">the year I almost burned down the house<\/a>, not to be confused with the time I set the lawn on fire. <\/p>\n<p><strong>See also<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2012\/12\/advent-wreath-diy-trial-by-fire.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">ideas on how <em>not<\/em> to set your Advent wreath of fire<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/11\/200_s.gif\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/11\/200_s.gif\" alt=\"200_s\" width=\"455\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15032\"><\/a><br>\nEveryone loves a roaring Christmas fire.  <\/p>\n<p>This year isn\u2019t going to be much different. I\u2019m plan on enjoying a relaxing, low effort holiday. <\/p>\n<p>Not that I am completely abandoning the Advent season, mind you, I mean there\u2019ll still be a Jesse Tree at least.   <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/11\/JesseTree.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/11\/JesseTree.jpg\" alt=\"JesseTree\" width=\"450\" height=\"580\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15035\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Boom. Jesse Tree. <\/p>\n<p>You are now free to enjoy the rest of your holiday, because what\u2019s left to do besides have a glass of wine and go to confession? <\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t think so either.  <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026 I have long accepted the reality that I suck at Advent. In fact, I suck at most liturgically related crafts and projects. 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