{"id":4,"count":32,"description":"<center><img src=\"https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/legends.png\" alt=\"Christmas Legends\" \/><\/center><span style=\"color: 004400;\"><strong><em>Christmas legends range from Jesus Christ to Charles Dickens to Santa Claus. Christmas legends are born, made, crafted and passed on. Some are real while many grow in reality with each passing season. From Santa Claus to St. Nicholas, from Abraham -- the father of the nations -- to Abraham Lincoln, from George Bailey to Irving Berlin, the heroes and legends of Christmas are many and diverse.\r\n<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: 004400;\"><strong><em>\r\nChristmas legends are also sometimes not people but also traditions -- the Yule Log, mistletoe, and even Christmas trees are born of legends of Christmas in antiquity.\r\n<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: 004400;\"><strong><em>\r\nOf Christmas legends come great debate. Which is more important on your tree -- the angel or the star? Which came first and why? Both are legendary elements of the season and both have a place in Christmas.\r\n<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: 004400;\"><strong><em>\r\nChristmas legends are a fascinating part of the history of Christmas. <\/em><\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/category\/christmas-legends\/","name":"Christmas Legends","slug":"christmas-legends","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}