{"id":18734,"date":"2014-12-25T23:36:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T05:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=18734"},"modified":"2014-12-25T23:36:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-26T05:36:00","slug":"christmas-day-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2014\/12\/25\/christmas-day-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Day 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well we are into it now.&#160; Yesterday we drove down to Frisco to have Christmas with <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>one<\/strong> <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>set<\/strong> of kids, and 2 Grandsons\u2026 Grandma had a headache much of the day but was still happy when we arrive and first thing was to hold GS#2\u2026 I got all the stuff out of the car and we \u201crested\u201d for awhile.&#160; Unfortunately about 4pm hunger took over and we had to go get a very late lunch\/ Early dinner.&#160; Of course Grandma opted for Taco Cabana and the meal was pretty good.&#160; At first we thought they were closed as no cars in the <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>lot<\/strong> but it was 4pm and most people were out doing <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>last<\/strong> <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>minute<\/strong> shopping.&#160; The roads were over crowded\u2026 whew, glad we didn\u2019t have anything to go pick up during the <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>last<\/strong> <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>minute<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The evening was spent watching Christmas shows on TV and then a movie late\u2026 way late for me to <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>set<\/strong> and watch a movie\u2026 When I went to bed I saw Santa and helper putting together Christms <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>toys<\/strong> under the tree\u2026 As <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>one<\/strong> would expect we were woke up by GS#1\u2026 he is normally an early riser anyway but he had been to the tree and was enthralled with his gift but wanted others to get involved\u2026 huh? 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