{"id":919,"date":"2007-12-29T07:13:28","date_gmt":"2007-12-29T12:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/wp\/?p=919"},"modified":"2007-12-29T07:13:28","modified_gmt":"2007-12-29T12:13:28","slug":"a-holiday-tradition-preserved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/?p=919","title":{"rendered":"A Holiday Tradition Preserved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was very disappointed when I read that the Cape Codder&#8217;s &#8220;Enchanted Christmas&#8221; ended last weekend.<br \/>\nThe kids and I have enjoyed this low-key event for the past couple of years, but we were all so over-scheduled before Christmas that it was impossible to coordinate.<br \/>\nYesterday I was in Hyannis running several errands and on impulse, stopped at the hotel to see if their courtyard was still decorated for Christmas.<br \/>\nIndeed it was, and there was a notice of a bonfire that evening.<br \/>\nSo, the kids and I got to see the lights and roast marshmallows.<br \/>\nSome time this winter, budget permitting, I may plan an overnight so they can enjoy the wave pool as well.<br \/>\nOn the way home, we made a stop at a private home in Sandwich that invites the public to stroll through a large holiday display that they set up in their back yard.<br \/>\nWe discovered this last year and were prepared with a donation this time to thank the owners for their generosity.<br \/>\nThese are small things and maybe aren&#8217;t as significant to the kids as they are to me, but I enjoy them and if nothing else, appreciate that the kids humor me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was very disappointed when I read that the Cape Codder&#8217;s &#8220;Enchanted Christmas&#8221; ended last weekend. The kids and I have enjoyed this low-key event for the past couple of years, but we were all so over-scheduled before Christmas that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/?p=919\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}