{"id":13834,"date":"2020-12-24T10:51:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T17:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/?p=13834"},"modified":"2020-12-24T12:51:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T19:51:54","slug":"christmas-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2020\/12\/24\/christmas-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Don&#8217;t let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Taylor Caldwell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas<\/p>\n<p>My new generator was logged in Calgary last night. there is little hope it will arrive here today. it is a 12 hour drive on clear roads. They just had a snowstorm. the only way it could arrive is on time is on Santa&#8217;s Sleigh.<\/p>\n<p>The Post office will be closed for 4 days, and I doubt very much that they would dispatch drivers on Christmas or boxing day. My christmas won&#8217;t be as fun this year. I can only hope that the few hours of sunshine will continue for the next few days to help charge my solar.The batteries are so low I risk losing all of them.<\/p>\n<p>Well at least I am alive and kicking. 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