{"id":8746,"date":"2021-12-25T08:21:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-25T14:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/?p=8746"},"modified":"2025-02-08T23:28:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T05:28:49","slug":"warmest-wishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/2021\/12\/25\/warmest-wishes\/","title":{"rendered":"warmest wishes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As my secular Christmas solstice mishmash mythos evolves with having a kid who ostensibly does or will believe in Santa, I have determined our Santa gift paradigm. Santa brings two gifts: a book inscribed with a special message, and something that could conceivably be made by elves. Traditions mean something, even when you make them up. Until I turn to dust, this is what Santa will bring my son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I second-guessed hard these woodland creatures. L got a sandbox filled with colorful plastic molds, shovels and rakes. In less than a day, he&#8217;s already spent hours in it. How could the elf gift compete?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it does \u2014 he loves these wooden critters. He lines them up. He marches them around. He has few words but he knows story, sagas unfolding in his furrowed brow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/woodenguys-1-900x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/woodenguys-1-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/woodenguys-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/woodenguys-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/woodenguys-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/woodenguys2-1-900x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/woodenguys2-1-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/woodenguys2-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/woodenguys2-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/woodenguys2-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deck the halls with nightmare fuel, the Texas Mari Lwyd is coming for you.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/TX_Mari_Lwyd-1200x1200.jpg\" alt=\"A winter holiday decoration of greenery and a cow skull.\" class=\"wp-image-8748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/TX_Mari_Lwyd-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/TX_Mari_Lwyd-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/TX_Mari_Lwyd.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Warmest wishes in the winter dark!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/julebocken-900x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/julebocken-900x1200.jpg 900w, 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