{"id":2624,"date":"2018-12-05T10:26:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T16:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/?p=2624"},"modified":"2019-09-11T10:16:05","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T15:16:05","slug":"ideas-to-help-get-in-the-christmas-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/2018\/12\/05\/ideas-to-help-get-in-the-christmas-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Ideas to Help Get in the Christmas Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The holidays are a time of giving and helping others. Sometimes it is hard to have excitement especially if we are lonely and sad. The best part about Christmas is that it helps you get outdoors and warm your heart. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here is a list of activities to help get in the Christmas spirit: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Listen to your favorite songs, even from when you were a child. Listen to the classics such as &#8220;White Christmas,&#8221; and &#8220;Holly Jolly Christmas.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Watch Christmas movies and drink hot chocolate while watching.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Go shopping for presents that you can give to others.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Drive around and look at Christmas lights.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Invite friends over and have a white elephant gift exchange party.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Throw a holiday party with your close friends and family.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Decorate the house in Christmas decorations. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Put up the Christmas tree! Although it is a pain to put up, it is worth it when you are finished decorating. The sooner you put it up, the longer you have to enjoy it. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do an act of service. Christmas is about giving to others and nothing can get you in the Christmas spirit more than helping others. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The holidays are a time of giving and helping others. Sometimes it is hard to have excitement especially if we are lonely and sad. The best part about Christmas is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15482,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[200980,200982],"tags":[163248,894,163208,2270,190077],"class_list":["post-2624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging-resources","category-caregiver-resources","tag-acupgc","tag-acu","tag-aging-in-texas","tag-christmas","tag-christmas-spirit"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15482"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2625,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624\/revisions\/2625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}