{"id":11971,"date":"2020-12-21T10:40:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T17:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=11971"},"modified":"2020-12-21T11:20:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T18:20:44","slug":"the-return-of-the-sun-in-the-hardscrabble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=11971","title":{"rendered":"The Return of the Sun in the Hardscrabble"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 625px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-11971-1\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Yule-2020.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Yule-2020.mp4\">https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Yule-2020.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Good Yule to all!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">(&#8220;When is breakfast?&#8221; asks Fisher the dog. &#8220;Why are we hanging around up here?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Yule to all! (&#8220;When is breakfast?&#8221; asks Fisher the dog. &#8220;Why are we hanging around up here?&#8221; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":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":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[23,127,84,43],"class_list":["post-11971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-colorado","tag-festivals","tag-winter","tag-yule"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-375","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1100,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1100","url_meta":{"origin":11971,"position":0},"title":"Yule and its Songs","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"December 19, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The Northern Hemisphere winter solstice occurs at 12:04 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time on December 21. That's 5:04 a.m. here in Colorado, perfect for the people drumming up the Sun at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. (I won't be there--too far away.) Remember to visit Archaeoastronomy.com for all your calendrical ritual-timing needs.You can\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"music\"","block_context":{"text":"music","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=music"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10128,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10128","url_meta":{"origin":11971,"position":1},"title":"A Soundtrack for the Yule Goat","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"December 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\"A soundtrack for the Yule Goat as he abducts children to his mountain fastness in Lapland,\" said the blogger that I got this from. Give it a listen, it's worth it.","rel":"","context":"In \"music\"","block_context":{"text":"music","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=music"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/scary-santa.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/scary-santa.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/scary-santa.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13134,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=13134","url_meta":{"origin":11971,"position":2},"title":"Back for the Yule Log \u2014\u00a0Now with Goats!","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"December 14, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"After two years' hiatus, the Yule Log was hunted again last Sunday in Beulah, Colorado, a small town in the foothills of the Wet Mountains. 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