{"id":969,"date":"2010-12-24T20:39:59","date_gmt":"2010-12-25T04:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streamdoubletrouble.com\/?p=969"},"modified":"2010-12-24T20:39:59","modified_gmt":"2010-12-25T04:39:59","slug":"twas-the-night-before-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/twas-the-night-before-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Twas the Night Before Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Twas the night before Christmas and all through our house
\nthe only creature left stirring was me with my mouse.<\/p>\n

I was posting this blog, writing beneath the tree
\nknowing that\u2019s where Santa would soon be.<\/p>\n

The muppets were fast asleep in their cribs,
\ndreaming and drooling right through their bibs.<\/p>\n

I paused all this typing to look toward the sky.
\nI was searching for a sleigh \u2013 with a child\u2019s eye.<\/p>\n

The muppets are sleeping soundly. They have no idea what\u2019s going on. I am wide awake, listening for hoof prints on the rooftop and the jingling of sleighbells. Tomorrow it will be Christmas. Joy and mirth abounds.<\/p>\n

“Happy Christmas to all,
\nand to all a good-night.”<\/em><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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