{"id":416,"date":"2019-12-17T10:20:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T16:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/?p=416"},"modified":"2019-12-17T10:20:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T16:20:11","slug":"merry-christmas-and-good-tidings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/?p=416","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas and Good Tidings!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For Wednesday, December 25, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"525\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MerryChristmas-2019-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MerryChristmas-2019-2.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MerryChristmas-2019-2-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>From &#8216;A Charlie Brown Christmas&#8217; \u2013 Linus said it best:<\/p>\n<p>And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.<\/p>\n<p>And the angel said unto them, \u201cFear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, \u201cGlory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.&#8221; \u2013\u2013 Linus<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Wednesday, December 25, 2019 From &#8216;A Charlie Brown Christmas&#8217; \u2013 Linus said it best: And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/?p=416\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Merry Christmas and Good Tidings!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=416"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":440,"href":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416\/revisions\/440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randybaran.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}