{"id":4331,"date":"2021-12-20T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/?p=4331"},"modified":"2021-12-20T23:36:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T05:36:59","slug":"chapter-18-a-crazy-christmas-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/de\/2021\/12\/20\/chapter-18-a-crazy-christmas-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"Hippo Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_4001-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_4001-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_4001-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_4001-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_4001-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_4001-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_4001-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_4001-rotated.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I know I&#8217;ve been a little post-happy this season, but Christmas is definitely my favorite time of year! And I figured some people need more fun music and podcasts to listen to while holiday baking, cleaning, and traveling! (And when I say some people, I&#8217;m including myself. So if you&#8217;re a musician or podcaster, send your posts my way! I get very bored doing dishes&#8230;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chapter 18 was definitely one of my favorites to write. As a child, I looked forward to all the Christmas time shows. 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