{"id":10068,"date":"2011-12-02T23:30:06","date_gmt":"2011-12-03T07:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=10068"},"modified":"2011-12-05T10:03:25","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T18:03:25","slug":"in-the-christmas-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/12\/02\/in-the-christmas-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"In The Christmas Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"

The interesting portion of my day, which was spent helping Sylvia decorate the outside of their house for Christmas, began with her and I going to Michael’s<\/a> to pick up a few minor crafty necessities, then quickly chowing down a bean burrito (actually, not an innuendo), climbing ladders and walking on her roof to install lights and garlands and to take pictures as if I were a giant, picking up some terrific Mexican food for dinner from a nearby Los Panchos<\/a>, of which mine were three carnitas street tacos, and finally watching Disney’s “A Christmas Carol<\/a>,” the Robert Zemeckis CG version with Jim Carrey. The decorations turned out great, the food was fantastic and the movie was an amazing accomplishment.<\/p>\n

(Thanks go to Sylvia for taking most of the photos of me.)<\/p>\n

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The interesting portion of my day, which was spent helping Sylvia decorate the outside of their house for Christmas, began with her and I going to Michael’s to pick up a few minor crafty necessities, then quickly chowing down a bean burrito (actually, not an innuendo), climbing ladders and walking on her roof to install … <\/p>\n

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