{"id":808,"date":"2018-11-27T07:40:52","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T11:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=808"},"modified":"2018-12-04T09:06:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T13:06:22","slug":"120-part-1-saving-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=808","title":{"rendered":"120- Part 1; Expanding Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/7695863\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/christmas-card-566305_960_720.jpg\" alt=\"Scene of White Xmas tree in front of a chapel\" class=\"wp-image-291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/christmas-card-566305_960_720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/christmas-card-566305_960_720-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/christmas-card-566305_960_720-768x534.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Does Christmas Start Here?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Season of Christmas comes when the Macy\u2019s Day Parade ends at twelve\no\u2019clock noon, on Thanksgiving Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re wary, not to mention weary of having holiday music and incessant\nprodding to buy foisted upon you, it\u2019s OK\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are entitled to feel pushed and perhaps even cheated by the wizards of\nsales who\u2019ve planted themselves upon what is suppose to be an earnest time of\ntransitioning. This is the time for reflecting on where we are and to begin\nconsidering where we are going in the next year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So as wintertime settles in, now is the time to be <em>preparing <\/em>for the miraculous birth of Jesus coming into the world\nand to consider how much God loves us by this offering. And it\u2019s the beginning\nof the preparations by St. Joseph and the Virgin Mary for their journey to\nBethlehem that comes to mind as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This holiday season, I\u2019m re-playing my podcast mini-series on ways to <em>EXTEND YOUR CHRISTMAS.<\/em> Because it\u2019s in the way we make time, post Turkey Day that will help enhance our family and friend&#8217;s holiday experience. So take a listen and consider taking time to partake in pre-Christmas time activities through Advent readings or the Nativity Fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Links from the podcast:<br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholiceducation.org\/en\/culture\/catholic-contributions\/following-mary-s-advent-footsteps.html\">Quotes &amp; Information about Advent from Fr. Roger J. Landry <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nativity_Fast\">Information about the Nativity Fast&#8230;(It&#8217;s never too late to start)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The origin of these podcasts began with my book <em>Constant Procession.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she\npassed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I value feedback through the comments section <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OR- Better via email at <a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\">NikosSteves@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve read the entire book in 15-minute segments (Installments 93-110)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=516\">To listen from Installment\n93<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Season of Christmas comes when the Macy\u2019s Day Parade ends at twelve o\u2019clock noon, on Thanksgiving Day. If you\u2019re wary, not to mention weary of having holiday music and incessant prodding to buy foisted upon you, it\u2019s OK\u2026 You are entitled to feel pushed and perhaps even cheated by the wizards of sales who\u2019ve &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=808\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;120- Part 1; Expanding Christmas&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}