{"id":955,"date":"2011-02-03T05:57:05","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T09:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/?p=955"},"modified":"2011-02-03T05:57:05","modified_gmt":"2011-02-03T09:57:05","slug":"christmas-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/?p=955","title":{"rendered":"Christmas 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I think everyone got what they wanted for Christmas this year and that has always been sort of important for me. I can not get the kids a lot of gifts, but I always want to make sure that they at least get the thing or maybe a few things that they really want. I am already starting to see some drastic changes in what the kids actually want for Christmas. The gifts by far get more expensive and more clothing.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Michelle just wanted a few pairs of jeans and a hoodie, but they had to be from American Eagle. I do not know anything about American Eagle other than it is in the mall and they sell clothing. I also know that it does not matter what they sell that it is the name of the place that Michelle wants to have on her jeans and hoodie. I know when I was a teenager I enjoyed Starter branded stuff, which I believe Starter is now a brand at Wal-Mart.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Patty wanted make-up and I ended up having to get her another iPod, because the iPod I bought her last year disappeared under what we will call “mysterious circumstances”. I did not know what to get and I had to consult with other people to figure out what a 13 year old girl would want. This situation is not exactly unique to this year, because I am fairly sure that I had to ask people what to get her last year as well. I ended up getting her a few things and she seemed pleased with my selections, so I guess I did the right thing for the most part.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Eddy is still the easiest one to get gifts for, because he still wants toys. He did ask for Dragonball Z toys, which are becoming almost impossible to find. I ended up finding a few figures that actually belong to a Japanese board game, but they have an extraordinary level of detail and he liked them, so I guess that worked. Lucky for me he also wanted Star Wars LEGO sets, because those are extremely easy to find. They are still making Dragonball Z video games as well and so I found one of those for him as well.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Grandma just wanted three things. She wanted to be able to get her hair cut and styled, so she got a gift certificate to Fantastic Sam’s. I am not sure Fantastic Sam’s is going to exist for much longer, because I think the Fantastic Sam’s that I got the gift card from is basically the last one in the area. Just thinking about it, because I have been getting my hair cut there ever since I remember. She wanted a way to organize her movies and so she got shelves. The third thing she wanted was ringtones for her phone, but honestly I do not know how to accomplish that task, so that will have to wait for another day.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I think ultimately it was a great idea to have all the kids together for Christmas. They really all should be together as a family for holidays and special events. I do not see any reason for them being apart. Family should be something that is very important to them. I know that not everyone in my family got the benefit of really appreciating having brothers and sisters around all the time and it is generally something that I feel is a real waste not being able to depend on family to be there for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I think everyone got what they wanted for Christmas this year and that has always been sort of important for me. I can not get the kids a lot of gifts, but I always want to make sure that they at least get the thing or maybe a few things that they really want. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=955"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":969,"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955\/revisions\/969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}