{"id":3420,"date":"2023-11-26T20:27:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=3420"},"modified":"2023-11-28T23:09:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T23:09:04","slug":"the-time-of-year","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/the-poems\/the-time-of-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The time of year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> The time of year<br \/>\nby cricketjeff on November 26, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved<br \/>\n[Posts%20by%20cricketjeff%203_files\/713.xml]<\/p>\n<p>The time of year when children dream of love and games and toys<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And Santa knows he&#8217;ll have a lot to do<br \/>\nFor teenagers it&#8217;s party time and dreams of girls and boys<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 For me another time to think of you<br \/>\nThe snow may fall and days grow short but all that&#8217;s on my mind<br \/>\nIs how can I be sure that you will not leave me behind<\/p>\n<p>The noses pressed to window panes to see the Christmas treats<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The decorations flash for all to see<br \/>\nThe shyest boy has saved for weeks\u00a0 to buy a girl some sweets<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 But you are all I want to give to me<br \/>\nThe air may freeze as mothers shop but all I want to know<br \/>\nIs how can I convey to you the way my love can grow<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s beauty in the Christmas tree, and in the food to share<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The children gaze in awe and want it all<br \/>\nThe youngsters see the beauty in the love that&#8217;s in the air<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I think of you and know I&#8217;m bound to fall<br \/>\nOn Christmas day and every day I want to be with you<br \/>\nThe time of year can&#8217;t matter much when all your love is true<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The time of year by cricketjeff on November 26, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved [Posts%20by%20cricketjeff%203_files\/713.xml] The time of year when children dream of love and games and toys \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And Santa knows he&#8217;ll have a lot to do For teenagers it&#8217;s party time and dreams of girls and boys \u00a0 \u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9742,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3420","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8088,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3420\/revisions\/8088"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}