{"id":535,"date":"2015-12-18T14:31:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T19:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gystservices.com\/blog\/?p=535"},"modified":"2015-12-18T14:32:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T19:32:47","slug":"merry-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gystservices.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/18\/merry-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As regular readers will know, the edible Nikki and I recently purchased a house, and we moved in in August. This will be our first Christmas in the new domicile, and to mark it Nikki purchased a live tree (a first for both of us), some decorations, and every available string of festive lights in a 25 mile radius. She festooned the house with them. We now have lights on the tree, shining snowmen in the windows, and battery driven candles on the tables.<\/p>\n<p>Outside on the porch we have lights enough to land a plane by. Thanks to David for that. While I&#8217;m messing around with a ladder, he&#8217;s just reaching up and clipping them to the porch. I just let him get on with it, he was going much faster than I was with that ladder! Oh, the perks of being that young. And freakishly tall.<\/p>\n<p>We even have a spinning mechanical Santa that runs around the hardwood floors singing and scaring the cats. And that&#8217;s fine.<\/p>\n<p>As this is a year of firsts, we also thought it a great time to reboot our annual Christmas Card! This tradition will carry on from this point until I eventually croak, hopefully sometime around the next millennium. This year, the theme is simply us having fun in the new house. With my own special twist, of course.<\/p>\n<p>I posted it on Facebook first, and it was the single most liked photo of the year. I&#8217;ve had several people ask me how this card was done. I&#8217;m going to post a separate blog about that, since it was fun to do and not at all difficult once you know how. As with most things creative, a little imagination is all that is required. Of course, it helps to be immensely skilled and available for hire please call now for details&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Sorry. Back to the point: Merry Christmas, from the Greens!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As regular readers will know, the edible Nikki and I recently purchased a house, and we moved in in August. 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