{"id":19595,"date":"2014-12-24T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T07:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/christmas-eve\/"},"modified":"2014-12-25T04:18:44","modified_gmt":"2014-12-25T11:18:44","slug":"christmas-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/christmas-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Eve!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/merryholidays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ExtraGoodBoysGirls.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"ExtraGoodBoysGirls\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-361\" \/>Today is December 24th, 2014 and there remains just 1 day until <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>It is <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> Eve<\/em><\/strong>, perhaps the most exciting day of the year for many. Many have already been busily engaged in <a href=\"http:\/\/santaupdate.com\">tracking Santa<\/a> around the world and most have already \u201crushed home with their treasures\u201d. All around the world the celebrations of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> is already in full swing. <\/p>\n<p>But if it is not enough for you, there are still other things to celebrate today. <\/p>\n<p>Today is, for example, <strong><em>National <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Eggnog<\/a> Day<\/em><\/strong>. Well, okay\u2026it\u2019s about time, doncha think? <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">Eggnog<\/a> is a uniquely American element of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> season. Like Wassail there is not one tried-and-true authentic recipe for <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">eggnog<\/a>. In fact, that is part of it\u2019s beauty. George Washington gets the credit for bringing <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">eggnog<\/a> to the holiday forefront in America. His <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> parties were epic and his devotion to <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">eggnog<\/a> as part of that celebration is legendary. So don\u2019t forget to salute the flag with you throwback your own version of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">eggnog<\/a> today. <\/p>\n<p>Today is also <strong><em>National Chocolate Day<\/em><\/strong>. Looking back throughout our countdown of days this year you can find many elements of celebration that have included chocolate. That today would be THE chocolate day is somehow appropriate, though. Just don\u2019t forget to mix in a little candy cane with it. <\/p>\n<p>To celebrate our <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> Eve with you, we declare today <strong>Universal <em><a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> Eve Day<\/em> of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a><\/strong> with this great bit of music:<\/p>\n<p>[youtube http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qJ_MGWio-vc&amp;w=560&amp;h=315]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is December 24th, 2014 and there remains just 1 day until Christmas. It is Christmas Eve, perhaps the most exciting day of the year for many. 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