{"id":202,"date":"2010-12-14T16:50:03","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T23:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/2010\/12\/14\/greetings-of-the-season-to-you\/"},"modified":"2010-12-14T18:17:06","modified_gmt":"2010-12-15T01:17:06","slug":"greetings-of-the-season-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/2010\/greetings-of-the-season-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Greetings of the season to you."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onclick=\"ps_imagemanager_popup(this.href,'SeasonsGreetings_RannyLevy_200x268.jpg','200','268');return false\" onfocus=\"this.blur()\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/SeasonsGreetings_RannyLevy_200x268.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"149\" height=\"200\" title=\"SeasonsGreetings_RannyLevy_200x268.jpg\" align=\"right\" alt=\"SeasonsGreetings_RannyLevy_200x268.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbs\/th-SeasonsGreetings_RannyLevy_200x268.jpg?resize=149%2C200\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"5\" hspace=\"5\" \/><\/a>This is THAT time of year &#8211; when we try extra hard to get together with distant family and keep in touch with good friends, but often get blindsided by all the planning and shopping and get-it-to-the-post-office-in-time. To those of you who have it all in hand, I salute you. To those who are more like me, well,\u00a0let&#8217;s take a deep breath together and remind ourselves <em>why<\/em>\u00a0we&#8217;re making ourselves crazy: We want to make this an extra-special time.<\/p>\n<p>One of the easier activities we can do is watch a show together. When\u00a0we&#8217;re too tired for an active interactive (from Chutes &#038; Ladders to Monopoly to Twister to Hide &#038; Seek), we can share the laughs, tears and wonder of a well-presented feature film. We at KIDS FIRST! hope our age recommendations will help you choose the best programming for your family.<\/p>\n<p>Bake something together to enjoy while watching; that can become a special holiday memory as well (my twin grandsons refer to the pumpkin bread they helped make in their first baking experience as \u201cGrandma\u2019s bread\u201d). A few shakers of colored sprinkles and tubes of icing can release the budding artist in folks of all ages, whether or not you plan to leave out a plate of decorated cookies for Santa.<\/p>\n<p>If your holiday comes up next week, a very Merry Christmas or Happy Kwanzaa to you and yours. And a belated Happy Chanukah to those who celebrated the beginning of this month. Happy Holidays to all.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by Ranny Levy<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is THAT time of year &#8211; when we try extra hard to get together with distant family and keep in touch with good friends, but often get blindsided by all the planning and shopping and get-it-to-the-post-office-in-time. To those of you who have it all in hand, I salute you. 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