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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Meaning Of Christmas.<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s that time of year again.<\/p>\n A time when we think of all our friends.<\/p>\n Some we haven\u2019t seen in years.<\/p>\n Our only contact is a card bringing Christmas cheer.<\/p>\n Relatives and other close friends receive<\/p>\n a present from the heart, we believe.<\/p>\n Yes, the lights are pretty, the tree smells nice.<\/p>\n The Santa\u2019s and reindeer & streamers of ice.<\/p>\n All the other commercial treats<\/p>\n leaves little to remember why we feast.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not really Jesus birthday; thats in the fall.<\/p>\n But, that is why Christmas exists at all.<\/p>\n The Son of God came to earth as a baby.<\/p>\n To grow up & save all men and ladies.<\/p>\n By giving His life for the wages of sin.<\/p>\n Though He himself knew no sin.<\/p>\n So when you read that Christmas card<\/p>\n or open that Christmas present, pard,<\/p>\n remember to give thanks to the one who gave all.<\/p>\n that you could be saved from sin and the fall.<\/p>\n ——————————————————R. W. Johnson—–(2013)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Meaning Of Christmas. It\u2019s that time of year again. A time when we think of all our friends. Some we haven\u2019t seen in years. Our only contact is a card bringing Christmas cheer. Relatives and other close friends receive a present from the heart, we believe. Yes, the lights are pretty, the tree … Continue reading The Meaning Of Christmas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holiday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/88"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}