{"id":326,"date":"2004-12-09T22:26:00","date_gmt":"2004-12-09T22:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=326"},"modified":"2004-12-09T22:26:00","modified_gmt":"2004-12-09T22:26:00","slug":"326","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=326","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Chrismahanukwanzakah to you<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barraged by comment over holiday-related squabbles<\/a> in the state capital, I especially enjoyed this animated greeting<\/a>. (A fast connection helps.) <\/p>\n

In an ecumenical spirit, M. went Chrismahanukwanzakah shopping today at the Holy Cross Abbey winery.<\/a><\/p>\n

When I was a young Pagan, I never let the “C-word” cross my lips if I could possibly say “Yule” instead. Now I hardly care. When a Salvation Army bellringer wished me “Happy Holidays” last week after I put some money in the kettle, I almost snapped back, “I expect to hear ‘Merry Christmas’ from you! Where’s your pride?” But that response would not have been in the Chrismahanukwanzakah spirit. (Thanks again to GetReligion<\/a> for the link.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy Chrismahanukwanzakah to you Barraged by comment over holiday-related squabbles in the state capital, I especially enjoyed this animated greeting. (A fast connection helps.) In an ecumenical spirit, M. went Chrismahanukwanzakah shopping today at the Holy Cross Abbey winery. When I was a young Pagan, I never let the “C-word” cross my lips if I […]<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6xQTg-326","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8198,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=8198","url_meta":{"origin":326,"position":0},"title":"Pentagram Pizza at the Mongolian Grill","author":"Chas S. 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