{"id":3709,"date":"2010-03-09T10:49:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.santaclausfun.com\/blog\/3709\/the-night-before-christmas-3\/"},"modified":"2013-12-14T11:28:41","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T19:28:41","slug":"the-night-before-christmas-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/christmas\/3709\/the-night-before-christmas-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Night Before Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8577\" alt=\"ChristmasHouse\" src=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/christmas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ChristmasHouse.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/christmas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ChristmasHouse.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/christmas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ChristmasHouse-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite memories of Christmas Eves throughout the years involves a tradition that my younger brother and I started. My favorite part of the holiday was seeing the Christmas tree and I could never wait til Christmas morning so I would always set my alarm for 3 am and then head down with my brother for a sneak peek. It was always so exciting to see the presents under the tree and it never took away from the magic of seeing the tree again in the morning. Many years my brother would try to go to bed under the tree because he couldn&#8217;t bear to be taken away from the gifts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite memories of Christmas Eves throughout the years involves a tradition that my younger brother and I started. 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