{"id":33169,"date":"2013-12-17T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=33169"},"modified":"2013-12-19T09:08:23","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T17:08:23","slug":"it-sounds-like-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/it-sounds-like-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"It Sounds like Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"
The sounds of Christmas, I believe, are a little bit of heaven on earth.<\/p>\n
My wife, reading Christmas stories to our three daughters.<\/p>\n
My girls, singing and dancing to Christmas carols.<\/p>\n
Our cats, fighting with each other because they\u2019re tired of being cooped up inside.<\/p>\n
The beep of my coffeemaker when a fresh pot has finished brewing.<\/p>\n
The faint whisper of snow falling on the trees when I go outside to see if our pipes have frozen.<\/p>\n
The muffled whoosh of the vacuum as it cleans up powdered sugar after the girls made \u201cgoose poop\u201d cookies (Russian Tea Cakes).<\/p>\n
Christmas music playing nonstop as my wife decorates the windows with boughs of pine, ribbon, and lights.<\/p>\n
The happy chatter of girls as they frost Christmas cookies\u00a0 for the neighbors.<\/p>\n
The crunch of ice underfoot as I walk to the mailbox to check for Christmas cards.<\/p>\n
The knock of the UPS driver on the door when packages are delivered.<\/p>\n
The girls practicing their lines and their songs for their self-written, self-directed Christmas Pageant.<\/p>\n
The hand saw cutting through the stump of a Christmas tree before loading it on top of the van.<\/p>\n
The tinkling of ornaments as they are hung on the tree.<\/p>\n
The way my wife talks in a hushed voice as we sit on the couch at night and gaze at the lights on the tree.<\/p>\n
The squeals of delight and laughter on Christmas morning as my daughters discover what Santa brought them in the night.<\/p>\n
What sounds help you enjoy the Christmas season?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n This post was part of the December Synchroblog, which focused on \u201cComing Home and the Season of Advent<\/a>.\u201d Here is a list of other contributors this month:<\/p>\n The sounds of Christmas, I believe, are a little bit of heaven on earth. What sounds help you enjoy the Christmas season?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1689,6,1565,1489,1299],"class_list":{"0":"post-33169","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-advent","8":"tag-blogging","9":"tag-christmas","10":"tag-family","11":"tag-synchroblog","12":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\n
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