{"id":837,"date":"2007-11-20T19:24:49","date_gmt":"2007-11-21T02:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=837"},"modified":"2007-11-20T19:25:40","modified_gmt":"2007-11-21T02:25:40","slug":"the-sprit-of-christmas-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=837","title":{"rendered":"The Sprit of Christmas award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themacandcheesechronicles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lorri<\/a> has awarded me the <a href=\"http:\/\/santasmailbox.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/spirit-of-christmas-award-2_23.html\">Spirit of Christmas<\/a> award!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This award is for those who talk about and show the spirit of Christmas in their blogs.<\/p>\n<p>What is the Spirit of Christmas you ask?<\/p>\n<p>Quite simply it is those that have a generous and giving nature. Those who care about others. Those who have a kind word to say or a broad shoulder to lean on in the times that others need that. Those who display the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Spirit of Christmas\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n<p>I am giving it to five and you should too. Those that have touched your heart with their kind and giving and caring nature.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This seems very timely for me as I&#8217;ve just been overwhelmed with an outpouring of love and good will.  I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m awarding<\/p>\n<p>Theresa at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tjknits.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">TJ Knits<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Julie at <a href=\"http:\/\/multipleblessings.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Multiple Blessings <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Teresa at <a href=\"http:\/\/vaqueenbee.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Virginia Queen Bee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nancy, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homesteadblogger.com\/unlikelyhomesteader\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Unlikely Homesteader<\/a><\/p>\n<p>and a new blogging friend, Angela at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelamthomas.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Things I Want to Say<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=837\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D837&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=The%20Sprit%20of%20Christmas%20award\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=837\" data-text=\"The Sprit of Christmas award\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"The Sprit of Christmas award\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=837\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=837\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20The%20Sprit%20of%20Christmas%20award&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D837&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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