{"id":349,"date":"2009-01-16T07:25:15","date_gmt":"2009-01-16T11:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/?page_id=349"},"modified":"2013-01-16T14:42:25","modified_gmt":"2013-01-16T18:42:25","slug":"christmas-2008","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/?page_id=349","title":{"rendered":"christmas 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a title=\"I really wanted a good picture of the tree this year.\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0467.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0467s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"I'm not a big fan of the nautical clock or the violin looking thing on my wall.  I didn't decide either of those belonged there.\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0468.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0468s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"I turned off the lights to set some mood to the tree.  I think it's alright, but I could use more lights.\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0469.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0469s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"The angel on the top of the tree was sort of a trick to get working this year, the wire was pinched or something.\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0470.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0470s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Eddy is dressed and ready to open presents.\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0471.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0471s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Grandma is awake and ready for the presents to get divided and opened.\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0472.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0472s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"The kids are both dressed and ready to open their presents.  This is the first time I've required them to get dressed and not just be in pajamas or a night shirt.\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0473.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0473s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"The kids were good sports about waiting for me to take my pictures.  Honestly they should get used to it, because I think I'm only going to get worse.\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0474.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0474s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"The kids are finally dividing presents and starting to open presents.  I did a pretty good job this year, because I didn't get the groan from one of the children claiming that one of them has more than the other.\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0475.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0475s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"I don't know why Patty looks so excited about this present.  I think this is just bath soap or something.\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0476.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0476s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Eddy was pretty happy about the Star Wars figures, if you notice they are all the bad guys, because he got all the good guys for his birthday.\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0477.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0477s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Ben 10 is the new thing.\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0478.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0478s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"This was a great Christmas for beads.  I think Patty got three kits to construct different accessories with beads, which you can find almost everywhere in the house now.\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0479.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0479s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Don't be fooled by that almost sheepish grin this was the present that Eddy was most excited about.\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0480.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0480s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"High School Musical barbie type dolls, because apparently just getting a barbie doll doesn't make any sense anymore.\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0481.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0481s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Bakugan is the new Pokemon I think.\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0482.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0482s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"I think this is what you do for girls, by which I mean you get them a makeup kit and let them play around with it.  I believe she really did enjoy this gift.\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0483.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0483s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"I know he likes these figures, because I saw him taking the time to try and figure out how to transform them, but it seems that he loses interest in them fairly quickly.  I think I might need to show him the movie to spur some more interest.\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0484.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0484s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"No Christmas is really complete without art supplies.\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0485.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0485s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Another bad guy from Star Wars the Clone Wars.  I am so glad that they did the movie and then made a television show, because it's given him a whole new thing to enjoy outside of Dragon Ball Z, which except for that video game anything related to that whole series is getting almost impossible to find.\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0486.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/pictures\/christmas08\/IMG_0486s.JPG\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 3px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1531,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-349","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1544,"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/349\/revisions\/1544"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}