{"id":1063,"date":"2020-12-18T22:33:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T06:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2021-02-15T12:25:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T20:25:48","slug":"life-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/2020\/12\/18\/life-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Life: Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I decorated today. For the solstice\/Xmas holidays, I mean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m usually visually understated about this time of year. I have simple tastes, leaning toward one or two colors (gold, red, green, white, OR silver) and some sparkling visual calm. This isn’t rebellion, but I’ve had loved ones who needed ALL THE XMAS THINGS all the time, which was too much for me. As in: if the soap in the bathroom wasn’t Xmas-themed, the world might end. I’ve swung HARD in the other direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A solid, pagan solstice\/northern European-themed Christmas for me is: a really good, gluten free cake or pumpkin pie, a fresh-smelling wreath, cozy pajamas, feasting on favorite winter foods with loved ones and chatting most of the day away, curling up in front of a fireplace (or bank of candles), and some light entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, all the social elements of Xmas are unsafe, so I’m going a bit out of my range to do something cheerful with lights that is NOT monochromatic (gasp), cycles through MANY colors (gasp!), and is even visible outside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m afraid I’ll get so used to them, I won’t want to take them down. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I decorated today. For the solstice\/Xmas holidays, I mean. I’m usually visually understated about this time of year. I have simple tastes, leaning toward one or two colors (gold, red, green, white, OR silver) and some sparkling visual calm. This isn’t rebellion, but I’ve had loved ones who needed ALL THE XMAS THINGS all the … <\/p>\n

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