{"id":1116,"date":"2015-12-25T10:05:27","date_gmt":"2015-12-25T15:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alexawallace.com\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2015-12-25T10:05:27","modified_gmt":"2015-12-25T15:05:27","slug":"merry-christmas-to-all-my-friends-and-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/alexa\/2015\/12\/25\/merry-christmas-to-all-my-friends-and-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas To ALL My Friends and Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/alexawallace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/BlessedSamhain.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1117\" src=\"http:\/\/alexawallace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/BlessedSamhain-247x300.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A good friend of mine sent me this card. When I got it I was pleased that she felt comfortable enough with me to send me a card like this instead of a traditional Christmas card. I find it very interesting that the history of Christians celebrating Christmas in December was largely planned around the pagan winter celebrations. I wonder, as time goes on, if our society will become more, or less, tolerant of different spiritual and religious beliefs. The way I&#8217;ve seen some things going on lately, it seems that we are becoming less tolerant, which makes me sad, since the country was supposedly founded on a belief in religious freedoms.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever YOUR religious, or spiritual beliefs are, I hope that you have a wonderful time this winter holiday season!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A good friend of mine sent me this card. When I got it I was pleased that she felt comfortable enough with me to send me a card like this instead of a traditional Christmas card. 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