{"id":853,"date":"2018-12-25T07:40:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-25T11:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=853"},"modified":"2018-12-25T08:17:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-25T12:17:23","slug":"124-part-5-enjoying-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=853","title":{"rendered":"124- Part 5; Enjoy Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/8030480\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/stats-code\/ExtendingXmaspt5\/\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A mini-series for extending the Christmas holiday. To be sure, Christmas IS celebrated for 12 days! New Years is just Day 9 with still more to come through January 6! PART 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I value feedback through the comments section OR- Better via email at <a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\">NikosSteves@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3459-e1545739919514.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of 2018 Xmas Tree with presents underneath\" class=\"wp-image-857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3459-e1545739919514.jpg 480w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3459-e1545739919514-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 85vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption>Jesus is in the house when the Christmas tree is complete with the star of David and all the presents under the tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What\u2019s continuing from Jesus Christ\u2019s big day is the spreading of this joy on earth. It comes subtly as the growing spirit of Friendship\u2026Kinship\u2026Pleasantries\u2026new beginnings\u2026overlooking hurts\u2026mending fences are taking place in this holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Here\u2019s some family fun stuff to do for the rest of Christmastime:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How about going to that museum or art gallery you have yet to visit?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take some Christmas cookies to a neighbor or just stop by- say \u201chi.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Build a snow jump with the kids and watch them go wild!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make hot chocolate and sit around the Christmas tree enjoying the quiet time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read aloud a Christmas story and\/or the Christmas card verses that came in this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch the holiday movie \u201cElf\u201d as a family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gather everyone for an evening drive to take in the lights of Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have someone play Christmas tunes on the piano\u2026everyone gather around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Play a board game or a card game on the dining room table\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Go visit an elderly friend or teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Give some time to helping someone in need<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Volunteer for a day with \u201cmeals on wheels\u201d or \u201cfeeding the hungry\u201d programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Go to one of the \u201cdinner and a movie\u201d theatres.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make it a family activity for a New Years brunch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lunch at a new restaurant or get a \u201ccup of joe\u201d with old friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The origin of these podcasts began with my book <em>Constant Procession.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=516\">To listen from Installment\n93<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mini-series for extending the Christmas holiday. To be sure, Christmas IS celebrated for 12 days! New Years is just Day 9 with still more to come through January 6! PART 5 I value feedback through the comments section OR- Better via email at NikosSteves@gmail.com \u00a0 What\u2019s continuing from Jesus Christ\u2019s big day is the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=853\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;124- Part 5; Enjoy Time&#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-853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853","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=853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}