{"id":4780,"date":"2013-12-17T14:18:39","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T21:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=4780"},"modified":"2022-03-25T20:21:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T03:21:33","slug":"its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2013\/12\/17\/its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s beginning to look a lot like Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a local family that goes all out with their Christmas decorations every year. Santa frequently stops by to pose for DIY photos, and they even have a snow making machine installed on the side of their house. They also collect for the NW Harvest food drive every year.<\/p>\n<p>Every where you look is decorated, every square foot of the lawn. Aaron and I marveled at how much was involved. Not just the electricity, but the hours of work that must have been involved. I can&#8217;t even wrap my head around the planning, organization, and storage considerations for this annual project.<\/p>\n<p>Gem marveled at the whole thing, too. &#8220;Mommy, Mommy, look, look!&#8221; Over and over again. Everything was so amazing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2013\/12\/its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-christmas\/christmas\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4781\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2013\/12\/17\/its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-christmas\/christmas\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Christmas.png?fit=700%2C1000\" data-orig-size=\"700,1000\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"Christmas\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Christmas.png?fit=640%2C914\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4781 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Christmas.png?resize=640%2C914\" alt=\"Christmas\" width=\"640\" height=\"914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Christmas.png?resize=640%2C914 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Christmas.png?resize=300%2C428 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Christmas.png?w=700 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is a bit gaudy, and definitely over the top, but that&#8217;s part of the appeal. I love a little exuberance every once in a while; it can be so freeing and refreshing.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have any extreme holiday houses near you?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<blockquote><p><!-- end InLinkz script --><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a local family that goes all out with their Christmas decorations every year. Santa frequently stops by to pose for DIY photos, and they even have a snow making machine installed on the side of their house. They also collect for the NW Harvest food drive every year. Every where you look is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[819],"tags":[549,574,140,1301,129,1069],"class_list":["post-4780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-living-well","tag-adventuring","tag-awesome-in-seattle","tag-christmas","tag-christmas-lights","tag-holidays","tag-seattle-2","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Christmas.png?fit=700%2C1000","blog_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Christmas.png?resize=150%2C150",150,150,true],"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Christmas.png?fit=700%2C1000",700,1000,false]},"categories_names":{"819":{"name":"Community","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/category\/life-skills\/community-living-well\/"}},"tags_names":{"549":{"name":"adventuring","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/adventuring\/"},"574":{"name":"awesome in seattle","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/awesome-in-seattle\/"},"140":{"name":"christmas","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/christmas\/"},"1301":{"name":"christmas lights","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/christmas-lights\/"},"129":{"name":"holidays","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/holidays\/"},"1069":{"name":"seattle","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/seattle-2\/"}},"comments_number":0,"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Christmas.png?resize=150%2C150",150,150,true],"cvmm-medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Christmas.png?resize=300%2C300",300,300,true],"cvmm-medium-plus":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Christmas.png?resize=305%2C207",305,207,true],"cvmm-portrait":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Christmas.png?resize=400%2C600",400,600,true],"cvmm-medium-square":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Christmas.png?resize=600%2C600",600,600,true],"cvmm-large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Christmas.png?resize=700%2C1000",700,1000,true],"cvmm-small":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Christmas.png?resize=130%2C95",130,95,true],"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Christmas.png?fit=700%2C1000",700,1000,false]},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1fDeG-1f6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8364,"url":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2015\/05\/07\/what-your-mom-wants-for-mothers-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":4780,"position":0},"title":"What your mom wants for Mothers Day","author":"Judy Schwartz Haley","date":"","format":false,"excerpt":"* She wants the handmade crafts - 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