{"id":2392,"date":"2010-12-24T11:05:07","date_gmt":"2010-12-24T15:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2010-12-24T11:05:07","modified_gmt":"2010-12-24T15:05:07","slug":"the-year-kenny-loggins-ruined-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/24\/the-year-kenny-loggins-ruined-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Year Kenny Loggins Ruined Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well it seems that we just might have a Christmas after all, despite my best efforts to let the children <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/23\/xmasleaks\/\" target=\"_blank\">see all of their gifts ahead of time<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 In the spirit of the season, I think we should all realize that it IS possible to have a worse Christmas.\u00c2\u00a0 Witness <a href=\"http:\/\/hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/year-kenny-loggins-ruined-christmas.html\" target=\"_blank\">the tragedy of Hyperbole and a Half&#8217;s childhood re-enactment of the story of baby Jesus<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Trust me, you won&#8217;t regret it.<\/p>\n<p>My god, Kenny Loggins?\u00c2\u00a0 I was crying by that point&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/nativity7alt.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2393\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/24\/the-year-kenny-loggins-ruined-christmas\/nativity7alt\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/nativity7alt.png\" data-orig-size=\"320,240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nativity7alt\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/nativity7alt.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2393\" title=\"nativity7alt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/nativity7alt.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/nativity7alt.png 320w, https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/nativity7alt-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well it seems that we just might have a Christmas after all, despite my best efforts to let the children see all of their gifts ahead of time.\u00c2\u00a0 In the spirit of the season, I think we should all realize &hellip; 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