{"id":2552,"date":"2024-04-13T23:23:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T23:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/?p=2552"},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:34:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T23:34:54","slug":"christmas-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/2024\/04\/13\/christmas-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"christmas evening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">christmas evening\nLysette Stickney, '24\n\nafter the wrapping paper has littered our floors\nand our bright, cheerful faces have become dim and tired\nafter the cookies left out for santa are turned to crumbs\nand our stomachs feel full and heavy\nafter the boys and girls shoulders slump slightly\narms fatigued from clutching their new toys and trinkets\nafter the annual christmas movie has played one too many times \nand popcorn has nestled itself between couch cushions\nafter green and red has permeated our vision\nand various ornaments and pine needles start to fall out of our ears \nafter the christmas headache comes to a halt\nit is time to start cleaning\nand let the lull of merry music fade into the background\nit is time to raid our cabinets for one last hot chocolate packet\nand embrace the fireplace like an old friend\nit is time to tuck this joyous holiday into bed\nand yearn for next year<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lysette Stickney, &#8217;24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"full-width-single-post.php","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[56,9,52],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2552"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2553,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2552\/revisions\/2553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}