{"id":4898,"date":"2019-12-18T20:34:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T04:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.themasonicjourney.com\/?p=4898"},"modified":"2019-12-18T20:34:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T04:34:16","slug":"the-joy-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/the-joy-of-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Joy of Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Joy of Christmas<\/em><\/h1>\n

I <\/em>have a list of people<\/em><\/h4>\n

A<\/em>ll written in a book –<\/em><\/h4>\n

A<\/em>nd every year at <\/em>C<\/em><\/strong>hristmas time<\/em><\/h4>\n

I <\/em>go and take a look.<\/em><\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

A<\/em>nd that is when I realize<\/em><\/h4>\n

T<\/em>hat those names are all a part –<\/em><\/h4>\n

N<\/em>ot of the book they’re written in<\/em><\/h4>\n

B<\/em>ut of my very heart.<\/em><\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

F<\/em>or each name stands for someone<\/em><\/h4>\n

W<\/em>ho has crossed my path some time –<\/em><\/h4>\n

A<\/em>nd in that meeting they’ve become<\/em><\/h4>\n

A <\/em>treasured friend of mine.<\/em><\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

A<\/em>nd once you’ve met some people<\/em><\/h4>\n

T<\/em>he years can not erase –<\/em><\/h4>\n

T<\/em>he memory of a pleasant word<\/em><\/h4>\n

O<\/em>r of a friendly face.<\/em><\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/h4>\n

S<\/em>o when I send an email<\/em><\/h4>\n

T<\/em>hat is addressed to you –<\/em><\/h4>\n

I<\/em>t’s because you’re on that <\/em>‘<\/em><\/strong>S<\/em><\/strong>pecial <\/em>L<\/em><\/strong>ist<\/em><\/h4>\n

O<\/em>f folk that I’m indebted to.<\/em><\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

A<\/em>nd you are one of several folk<\/em><\/h4>\n

I<\/em>n times past that I’ve met –<\/em><\/h4>\n

A<\/em>nd happen to be one of those<\/em><\/h4>\n

I <\/em>don’t want ever to forget.<\/em><\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

A<\/em>nd whether I have known you<\/em><\/h4>\n

F<\/em>or many years or few –<\/em><\/h4>\n

I<\/em>n some way you have had a part<\/em><\/h4>\n

I<\/em>n shaping things I do.<\/em><\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/em><\/h4>\n

S<\/em>o this, the <\/em>S<\/em><\/strong>pirit of <\/em>C<\/em><\/strong>hristmas<\/em><\/h4>\n

T<\/em>hat forever still endures –<\/em><\/h4>\n

M<\/em><\/strong>ay it leave its richest blessing<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

I<\/em><\/strong>n the hearts of you and yours!<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/h4>\n

from my home to yours.<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

Have a Wonderful Day & God Bless
\nNorm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Joy of Christmas.
\nI have a list of people
\nAll written in a book –
\nAnd every year at Christmas time
\nI go and take a look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":4910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-educator"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/merry-christmas-2019.jpg",1920,503,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/merry-christmas-2019.jpg",1920,503,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/merry-christmas-2019.jpg",1920,503,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/merry-christmas-2019-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/merry-christmas-2019-300x79.jpg",300,79,true],"large":["https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/merry-christmas-2019-1024x268.jpg",1024,268,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/merry-christmas-2019-1536x402.jpg",1536,402,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/merry-christmas-2019.jpg",1920,503,false],"penci-single-full":["https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/merry-christmas-2019.jpg",1920,503,false],"penci-slider-full-thumb":["https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/merry-christmas-2019.jpg",1920,503,false],"penci-full-thumb":["https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/merry-christmas-2019-1170x307.jpg",1170,307,true],"penci-slider-thumb":["https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/merry-christmas-2019-1170x503.jpg",1170,503,true],"penci-magazine-slider":["https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/merry-christmas-2019-780x503.jpg",780,503,true],"penci-thumb":["https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/merry-christmas-2019-585x390.jpg",585,390,true],"penci-masonry-thumb":["https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/merry-christmas-2019-585x153.jpg",585,153,true],"penci-thumb-square":["https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/merry-christmas-2019-585x503.jpg",585,503,true],"penci-thumb-vertical":["https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/merry-christmas-2019-480x503.jpg",480,503,true],"penci-thumb-small":["https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/merry-christmas-2019-263x175.jpg",263,175,true]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"MasterMason","author_link":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/author\/mastermason\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"The Educator<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The Joy of Christmas. I have a list of people All written in a book - And every year at Christmas time I go and take a look.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}