{"id":3437,"date":"2009-12-24T09:27:04","date_gmt":"2009-12-24T14:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=3437"},"modified":"2009-12-24T23:04:47","modified_gmt":"2009-12-25T04:04:47","slug":"the-christmas-eve-photo-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2009\/12\/24\/the-christmas-eve-photo-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The Christmas Eve Photo Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"drop_cap\">I<\/span>nspired by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quietfish.com\/notebook\">Andrea<\/a>, a photo-essay of hourly pictures of the most excitement-laden day of the year:  Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n<p>First stop, breakfast with cousin Noah at 8:30 am:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/4211186602\/\" title=\"830 am by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2694\/4211186602_1d3dfd6026.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter frame\" width=\"500\" height=\"318\" alt=\"830 am\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Can you believe they were up at FOUR am?  Yeesh!)<\/p>\n<p>9:30 am:  The gingerbread house is decorated, and accessorized with Belgian chocolate Santa, courtesy of my Loblaws advent calendar.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/4210461245\/\" title=\"930am by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2603\/4210461245_00fd748d71.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter frame\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"930am\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>10:30 am:  Mother Nature provided a fresh dusting of snow overnight to help Santa&#8217;s sleigh land on the rooftop!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/4210696671\/\" title=\"1030am by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4060\/4210696671_0e3d216725.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter frame\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"1030am\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>11:30 am:  Santa&#8217;s cutest reindeer!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/4211462882\/\" title=\"1130am by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2574\/4211462882_4d83d261be.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter frame\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" alt=\"1130am\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>12:30 pm:  a bit of last-minute wrapping to do.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/4211633748\/\" title=\"1230 pm by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2781\/4211633748_46eb6886b8.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter frame\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"1230 pm\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1:30 pm:  The big boys are at a movie with Beloved, and Lucas is sleeping.  Time for a coffee break!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/4211075897\/\" title=\"130 pm by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2735\/4211075897_7133524f90.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter frame\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"130 pm\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2:30 pm:  Back from the movie, and making Christmas ornaments for the family.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/4211841402\/\" title=\"230 pm by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2719\/4211841402_969770c9cb.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter frame\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"230 pm\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3:30 pm: Wrapping up the last of the home-made peanut brittle and shortbread to give away tonight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/4211882768\/\" title=\"330 pm by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2619\/4211882768_7443f40d79.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter frame\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"330 pm\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4:30 pm:  Just about a half an hour until the family arrives for dinner and presents.  The calm before the chaos!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/4211989756\/\" title=\"430 pm by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4057\/4211989756_06ae5e31bf.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter frame\" width=\"392\" height=\"500\" alt=\"430 pm\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5:30 pm:  Granny and Lucas having a little moment just before the presents begin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/4211775185\/\" title=\"530 pm by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4004\/4211775185_e7b51cbdc7.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter frame\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"530 pm\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6:30 pm:  Santa Papa Lou.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/4211776599\/\" title=\"630 pm by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2676\/4211776599_f03837beff.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter frame\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"630 pm\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>7:30 pm:  Admiring the annual family calendar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/4211777887\/\" title=\"730 pm by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2568\/4211777887_4900facd2d.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter frame\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"730 pm\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8:30 pm:  Lucas was so not interesting in sharing his new Sesame Street toddler-sized sleeper couch with his cousin Brooke.  He was priceless in his annoyance, and she was persistent in her desire to share his space.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/4211779179\/\" title=\"830 pm by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2784\/4211779179_4e080ce882.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter frame\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"830 pm\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it &#8212; I can&#8217;t believe I made it through all 12 hours.  And a Merry Christmas was had by all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by Andrea, a photo-essay of hourly pictures of the most excitement-laden day of the year: Christmas Eve. First stop, breakfast with cousin Noah at 8:30 am: (Can you believe they were up at FOUR am? Yeesh!) 9:30 am: The gingerbread house is decorated, and accessorized with Belgian chocolate Santa, courtesy of my Loblaws advent &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2009\/12\/24\/the-christmas-eve-photo-project\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Christmas Eve Photo Project&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-happy-holidays","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3437"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3449,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3437\/revisions\/3449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}