{"id":100592,"date":"2009-12-25T11:00:16","date_gmt":"2009-12-25T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marksdailyapple.com\/?p=9836"},"modified":"2009-12-25T11:00:16","modified_gmt":"2009-12-25T16:00:16","slug":"merry-christmas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/100592","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Happy Holidays\" src=\"http:\/\/i247.photobucket.com\/albums\/gg158\/MDA2008\/snowflakecopy.jpg\" alt=\"snowflakecopy Merry Christmas!\" width=\"320\" height=\"255\" \/>Merry Christmas, everyone, and a happy new year!<\/p>\n<p>My family and I are lucky enough to be celebrating the holiday season in Aspen this year. We&#8217;re <a title=\"The Definitive Guide to Play\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marksdailyapple.com\/the-definitive-guide-to-play\/\" >playing<\/a>, resting and relaxing before the new year begins. Before I get back outdoors, mimicking <a title=\"Who is Grok?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marksdailyapple.com\/about-2\/who-is-grok\/\" >Grok<\/a> in the snow, I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for their support this year. Thank you for reading Mark&#8217;s Daily Apple, for participating in the <a title=\"MDA Forum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marksdailyapple.com\/forum\/\" >forums<\/a>, for commenting on my articles and for being active participants in this little experiment meant to change lives for the better. I couldn&#8217;t do it without you! Happy Holidays!<\/p>\n<p>And here are a few articles that I think are fitting for this holiday season:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Benefits of Benevolence\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marksdailyapple.com\/health-benefits-altruism\/\" >Benefits of Benevolence<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Spirituality and Health\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marksdailyapple.com\/spirituality-and-health\/\" >Spirituality and Health<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Many Uses of Junk Food\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marksdailyapple.com\/the-many-uses-of-junk-food\/\" >The Many Uses of Junk Food<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Cooking As a Spectator Sport\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marksdailyapple.com\/cooking-as-a-spectator-sport\/\" >Cooking As a Spectator Sport<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Choose Your Booze: A Guide to Healthy Drinking\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marksdailyapple.com\/low-carb-alcohol\/\" >Choose Your Booze: A Guide to Healthy Drinking<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Low on Willpower\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marksdailyapple.com\/increase-willpower\/\" >Dear Mark: Low on Willpower<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Will Momentary Comprises Derail Your Efforts?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marksdailyapple.com\/will-momentary-compromises-derail-your-efforts\/\" >Will Momentary Compromises Derail Your Efforts?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Social Wellness, or Why Friendship Should Be a Health Priority\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marksdailyapple.com\/social-wellness-health-research\/\" >Social Wellness, Or Why Friendship Should Be a Health Priority<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"80\/20 Principle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marksdailyapple.com\/8020-principle\/\" >80\/20 Principle<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"80\/20 Principle Revisited\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marksdailyapple.com\/dear-mark-8020-revisited\/\" >80\/20 Principle Revisited<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Power of Holiday Tradition\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marksdailyapple.com\/the-power-of-holiday-tradition\/\" >The Power of Holiday Tradition<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"10 Active Ways to Celebrate the Holidays\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marksdailyapple.com\/10-active-ways-to-celebrate-the-holidays\/\" >10 Active Ways to Celebrate the Holidays<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Savoring the Holidays\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marksdailyapple.com\/savoring-the-holiday\/\" >Savoring the Holiday<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"What Happens to Your Body When You... Carb Binge?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marksdailyapple.com\/what-happens-to-your-body-when-you-carb-binge\/\" >What Happens to Your Body When&#8230; You Carb Binge?<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em>Get <a title=\"Mark's Daily Apple Feeds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marksdailyapple.com\/..\/feeds\/\" >Free Health Tips, Recipes and Workouts<\/a> Delivered to Your Inbox<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Related posts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.marksdailyapple.com\/merry-chrismahanakwanza-and-festivus-too\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Merry Chrismahanakwanzakah (and Festivus too!)'>Merry Chrismahanakwanzakah (and Festivus too!)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.marksdailyapple.com\/how-to-politely-pass-on-dessert\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Dear Mark: How to Politely Pass on Dessert'>Dear Mark: How to Politely Pass on Dessert<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.marksdailyapple.com\/the-power-of-holiday-tradition\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Power of Holiday Tradition'>The Power of Holiday Tradition<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/MarksDailyApple\/~4\/gabnPVa9G9o\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merry Christmas, everyone, and a happy new year! My family and I are lucky enough to be celebrating the holiday season in Aspen this year. We&#8217;re playing, resting and relaxing before the new year begins. Before I get back outdoors, mimicking Grok in the snow, I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}