{"id":3323,"date":"2010-12-23T23:07:28","date_gmt":"2010-12-24T06:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/?p=3323"},"modified":"2010-12-24T10:21:50","modified_gmt":"2010-12-24T17:21:50","slug":"a-gingerbread-temple-and-a-reindeer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/?p=3323","title":{"rendered":"A Gingerbread Temple and A Reindeer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Roger Cosio:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<em>I&#8217;m forwarding this email that I sent to my sister and mother &#8230; we were only able to convince 2 of the 4 animals to wear the festive gear.\u00a0 The temple was all Cindy&#8217;s idea &#8230; I helped just a little.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/gingerbread-temple-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3324\" title=\"gingerbread temple 2\" src=\"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/gingerbread-temple-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/gingerbread-temple-2.jpg 720w, https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/gingerbread-temple-2-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dear Roger,<\/p>\n<p>That exquisite Gingerbread Temple must be a first &#8212; a very charming and amazing replica of the image that is dear to our hearts.\u00a0 And it&#8217;s a very peculiar reindeer.\u00a0 I suppose this one is Vixen?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Reindeer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3325\" title=\"Reindeer\" src=\"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Reindeer-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Reindeer-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Reindeer.jpg 569w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Having\u00a0passed through the longest night of the year,\u00a0your thoughtfulness\u00a0brought\u00a0levity to the brevity of\u00a0the day.\u00a0\u00a0Such creative inspiration.\u00a0 By suggestion\u00a0of the reindeer, and what I see outside my Wisconsin window, the\u00a0Temple resembles a frosty\u00a0igloo\u00a0&#8212; Moorish by design.\u00a0 There are some who expect a pole shift, and perhaps this is\u00a0an harbinger of what is to come?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We\u00a0have been worried about all of the rain you are receiving up there at the North Pole.\u00a0 \u00a0Will you need a kayak?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/santa-helper.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3326\" title=\"santa-helper\" src=\"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/santa-helper-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Do you think it may be time for you to seek higher ground, Roger?\u00a0 Then\u00a0we will not have to worry about all of you floating away with the polar bears.\u00a0 Or better yet, build a dike.\u00a0 If, on Christmas morning, I look out from my Wisconsin window and do not see palm trees, I will be very surprised.\u00a0 Is this a Midwinter&#8217;s Dream?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Gingerbread-Temple.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3327\" title=\"Gingerbread Temple\" src=\"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Gingerbread-Temple-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Gingerbread-Temple-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Gingerbread-Temple.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have\u00a0no recipe for gingerbread, but when\u00a0we finally perfect\u00a0our &#8220;Swedish Pancakes&#8221;\u00a0recipe, we will send it to you.\u00a0 Hopefully, this will be before the New Year.\u00a0 Perhaps Cindy would not mind sending us the blueprints for her Gingerbread Temple?\u00a0 Meanwhile we Wisconsin rosy-cheeked elves\u00a0blow kisses to you and the\u00a0new Babe in the Manger, wishing you all a\u00a0Merry Christmas and a Happy\u00a0New\u00a0Year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0May God bless\u00a0us all in\u00a0our carefree and serious labors,\u00a0cultivating in us\u00a0tender and\u00a0loving hearts.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ER<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Roger Cosio: \u00a0I&#8217;m forwarding this email that I sent to my sister and mother &#8230; we were only able to convince 2 of the 4 animals to wear the festive gear.\u00a0 The temple was all Cindy&#8217;s idea &#8230; I helped just a little. \u00a0 Dear Roger, That exquisite Gingerbread Temple must be a first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[273,274,42],"class_list":["post-3323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-friends","tag-gingerbread","tag-reindeer","tag-temple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3323"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3331,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323\/revisions\/3331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}