{"id":4931,"date":"2013-12-16T10:22:09","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T16:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/?p=4931"},"modified":"2013-12-17T12:26:41","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T18:26:41","slug":"oh-christmas-tree-the-lighting-of-the-tomchak-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/16\/oh-christmas-tree-the-lighting-of-the-tomchak-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh Christmas Tree &#8211; The Lighting Of The Tomchak Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ohChristmasTree-MoviePoster_v1_LR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4946\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/16\/oh-christmas-tree-the-lighting-of-the-tomchak-tree\/ohchristmastree-movieposter_v1_lr\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ohChristmasTree-MoviePoster_v1_LR.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ohChristmasTree-MoviePoster_v1_LR\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ohChristmasTree-MoviePoster_v1_LR-450x600.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ohChristmasTree-MoviePoster_v1_LR.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4946\" alt=\"ohChristmasTree-MoviePoster_v1_LR\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ohChristmasTree-MoviePoster_v1_LR.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More than any year in the past, the kids were really into getting the Christmas decorations out and up. Andrew asked me on more than one occasion when we were putting lights on the house (the real answer is maybe never, but I told him not this year).<\/p>\n<p>Also the kids has the great treat of receiving new ornaments from Grandma Barb and Grandpa Tom in Michigan.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than any year in the past, the kids were really into getting the Christmas decorations out and up. Andrew asked me on more than one occasion when we were putting lights on the house (the real answer is maybe never, but I told him not this year). 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