{"id":4791,"date":"2010-12-24T15:11:06","date_gmt":"2010-12-24T20:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=4791"},"modified":"2010-12-25T08:23:21","modified_gmt":"2010-12-25T13:23:21","slug":"4791","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2010\/12\/24\/4791\/","title":{"rendered":"The Christmas Eve Photo Project 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"drop_cap\">L<\/span>ast Christmas, inspired by <a href=\"http:\/\/quietfish.com\/notebook\">Andrea<\/a>, I took one picture each hour from 8 am to 8 pm on Christmas Eve &#8212; the Christmas Eve photo project.  And<a href=\"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2009\/12\/24\/the-christmas-eve-photo-project\/\"> I loved the results<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This year, since we&#8217;re having a quieter Christmas (my brother&#8217;s family only joins us every second Christmas) and because I had to work for a few hours this morning, I was going to skip the Christmas Eve photo project.  But it&#8217;s a lovely day and I think it&#8217;s going to be a wonderful Christmas.  With the big boys at an afternoon movie with Beloved and the little boy napping, I find myself with the choice between cleaning and posting my pictures.  Guess which one I chose?  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>The prequel:<\/p>\n<p>Tried to be kind and bring doughnuts for the skeleton team at work today, but the wind caught the box just as I was stepping out of the car.  Grandma&#8217;s not the only thing that got run over by a reindeer on Christmas Eve!!  It&#8217;s Christmas crueler carnage!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5287989940\/\" title=\"Not just Grandma got run over by a reindeer by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5010\/5287989940_655b10f583.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Not just Grandma got run over by a reindeer\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>12 pm:  I&#8217;ll be home for Christmas!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5288143613\/\" title=\"12:00 pm Home for the holidays by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5043\/5288143613_11a6dbd527.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"12:00 pm Home for the holidays\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1 pm:  I love my porch, and I love my porch decorated for Christmas even moreso!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5288774450\/\" title=\"8 hrs of Christmas 1 pm by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5204\/5288774450_043475e0f0.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"8 hrs of Christmas 1 pm\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2 pm:  Aaaand the wrapping is done. Finally!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5288775584\/\" title=\"8 hrs of Christmas 2  pm by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5049\/5288775584_549356e9d2.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"8 hrs of Christmas 2  pm\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3:00 pm: There&#8217;s always time for Christmas cookies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5288776750\/\" title=\"8 hrs of Christmas 3  pm by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5249\/5288776750_5c06e2df04.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"8 hrs of Christmas 3  pm\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4:00 pm: The calm before the storm of Christmas crazy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5288369903\/\" title=\"8 hrs of Christmas 4  pm by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5207\/5288369903_d54b11aca1.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"8 hrs of Christmas 4  pm\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5:00 pm: Granny and her elves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5290287740\/\" title=\"8 hrs of Christmas 5 pm by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5247\/5290287740_e211266b82.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"8 hrs of Christmas 5 pm\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6:00 pm: They look so grown up to me here &#8212; but still not too grown up to sit in Dad&#8217;s lap.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5289684037\/\" title=\"8 hrs of Christmas 6 pm by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5126\/5289684037_01d59fff20.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"8 hrs of Christmas 6 pm\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>7:00 pm: Papa Lou is adjusting his antenna to make sure the alien signal comes through clearly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5289684741\/\" title=\"8 hrs of Christmas 7 pm by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5243\/5289684741_bf4c16447c.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"8 hrs of Christmas 7 pm\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8:00 pm: A favourite Christmas tradition &#8212; the viewing of the annual family photo calendar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5289685559\/\" title=\"8 hrs of Christmas 8  pm by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5009\/5289685559_d6c7b353f0.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"8 hrs of Christmas 8  pm\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post script: Christmas morning!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5289718271\/\" title=\"8 hrs of Christmas post script by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5010\/5289718271_4ae44dcf8c.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"8 hrs of Christmas post script\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And finally, the picture that I was going to post as my Christmas greeting to all of you to make the project an even dozen photos:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5289718677\/\" title=\"Happy Christmas by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5041\/5289718677_ab0f22f218.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Happy Christmas\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nFrom all of us to all of you, Happy Christmas! May all your dreams come true.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Christmas, inspired by Andrea, I took one picture each hour from 8 am to 8 pm on Christmas Eve &#8212; the Christmas Eve photo project. And I loved the results. This year, since we&#8217;re having a quieter Christmas (my brother&#8217;s family only joins us every second Christmas) and because I had to work for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2010\/12\/24\/4791\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Christmas Eve Photo Project 2010&#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-4791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-happy-holidays","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4791"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4795,"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4791\/revisions\/4795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}