{"id":426,"date":"2005-12-25T06:11:03","date_gmt":"2005-12-25T06:11:03","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2005-12-25T06:11:03","modified_gmt":"2005-12-25T06:11:03","slug":"merry-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2005\/12\/25\/merry-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to take a couple of minutes to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.  Once upon a time, we were allowed to say \u201cMerry Christmas\u201d without having to worry about offending (or excluding) anyone, but now days we also have to say Happy Holidays, or have a great Hanukkah (is that even the right context?), or hope your Kwanzaa celebration is blessed.  Oh for a simpler time.<\/p>\n<p>I am a Christian, so I am going to keep it simple, and wish you and yours a Merry Christmas.  With that said, this Season, whatever it is you happen to celebrate is a time for reflection.  This is a time to be thankful for family, friends, and all our many blessings.  Thanks to Geoff and Kevin for taking time to write for the site \u2013 your virtual friendship is much appreciated.  A special thanks to Chris for keeping the lights on around here \u2013 it is always a blast to read your entertaining takes on sports, gaming, and life in general.  Seriously, \u201cLike football, marriage requires a balanced attack. And some shopping money.\u201d is a wonderfully delicious quote, and a great observation on marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Of course it goes without saying that I am thankful for you regular Recycle Bin readers.  Insert joke \u2013 all two of you.  For the last four years I have had a great time ranting, rambling, and writing about next to nothing.  None of this would have been possible without a willing (even if somewhat reluctant) audience.<\/p>\n<p>There is much more to be thankful for, but the day is young.  Happy Christmas!<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to take a couple of minutes to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. Once upon a time, we were allowed to say \u201cMerry Christmas\u201d without having to worry about offending (or excluding) anyone, but now days we also have to say Happy Holidays, or have a great Hanukkah (is that even the right &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2005\/12\/25\/merry-christmas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Merry Christmas!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}