{"id":1181,"date":"2008-12-06T08:54:16","date_gmt":"2008-12-06T14:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/?p=1181"},"modified":"2008-12-06T08:54:16","modified_gmt":"2008-12-06T14:54:16","slug":"santas-little-helpers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/06\/santas-little-helpers\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa&#8217;s Little Helpers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2008-11-29_img_9227.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1184\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/06\/santas-little-helpers\/2008-11-29_img_9227\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2008-11-29_img_9227.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,403\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 20D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1227983598&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2008-11-29_img_9227\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2008-11-29_img_9227.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2008-11-29_img_9227.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1184\" title=\"2008-11-29_img_9227\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2008-11-29_img_9227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2008-11-29_img_9241.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1183\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/06\/santas-little-helpers\/2008-11-29_img_9241\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2008-11-29_img_9241.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,258\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 20D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1227983818&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2008-11-29_img_9241\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2008-11-29_img_9241.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2008-11-29_img_9241.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1183\" title=\"2008-11-29_img_9241\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2008-11-29_img_9241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"258\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2008-11-29_img_9247.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1182\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/06\/santas-little-helpers\/2008-11-29_img_9247\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2008-11-29_img_9247.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,296\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 20D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1227983895&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2008-11-29_img_9247\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2008-11-29_img_9247.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2008-11-29_img_9247.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1182\" title=\"2008-11-29_img_9247\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2008-11-29_img_9247.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"296\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2008-11-29_img_9216.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1185\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/06\/santas-little-helpers\/2008-11-29_img_9216\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2008-11-29_img_9216.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,775\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 20D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1227983444&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2008-11-29_img_9216\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2008-11-29_img_9216.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2008-11-29_img_9216.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1185\" title=\"2008-11-29_img_9216\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2008-11-29_img_9216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Full resolution versions can be found on <a href=\"http:\/\/tomchak.smugmug.com\/gallery\/6739839_qTVSE#P-9-20\" target=\"_blank\">SmugMug<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Full resolution versions can be found on 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I'm not sure they really knew what to make of it, but Andrew managed to ask for \"a car\". I'm not sure if he was talking about a matchbox car or one that he can drive around the block.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photo Post&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photo Post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/category\/photo\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011-1212_Santa_Chesterbrook_018.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011-1212_Santa_Chesterbrook_018.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011-1212_Santa_Chesterbrook_018.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4016,"url":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/30\/christmas-2011-photos\/","url_meta":{"origin":1181,"position":1},"title":"Christmas 2011 Photos","author":"Thomas Tomchak","date":"December 30, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"It's hard taking pictures with kids, especially when you're also watching those same kids. 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