{"id":15636,"date":"2015-12-10T14:19:53","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T20:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/?p=15636"},"modified":"2015-12-10T14:19:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T20:19:53","slug":"a-winter-holiday-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/2015\/12\/10\/a-winter-holiday-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"A Winter Holiday Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Finals are ending, first semester is over, and everyone is getting hyped up for the holidays! Do you know what you\u2019re going to spend your time doing over the holidays (besides sleeping, binge watching shows, and studying)? Here are some ideas to get you started:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sip some hot chocolate in a warm, toasty blanket to relax and enjoy your time.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/hotchocolage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15659\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/hotchocolage-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"hotchocolage\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/hotchocolage-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/hotchocolage-720x1024.jpg 720w, https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/hotchocolage.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Watch some classic Christmas movies from \u2018The Grinch\u2019 to \u2018A Christmas Carol\u2019 and get ready for the bursts of nostalgia.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/grinch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15660\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/grinch-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"grinch\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/grinch-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/grinch.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Light up your house with hanging Christmas lights inside or outside.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/christmas-lights-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15661\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/christmas-lights-14-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Glowing lights in the dark.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/christmas-lights-14-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/christmas-lights-14.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Decorate the tallest, greenest Christmas tree you can find. Don\u2019t forget to dust off the boxes of ornaments and string beads!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/ornaments.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15662\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/ornaments-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"ornaments\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/ornaments-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/ornaments.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have a sledding competition with your friends and family to see who can go the fastest and farthest down the slope.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/sleddinghill.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15663\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/sleddinghill-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"sleddinghill\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/sleddinghill-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/sleddinghill.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Show appreciation to others not just by buying them present, but giving them hugs and words of gratitude. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/hug.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15664\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/hug-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"hug\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/hug-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/hug.jpg 391w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spend some time with your family playing late night games or just talking.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/board-games-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15665\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/board-games-1-300x189.png\" alt=\"board-games-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/board-games-1-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/board-games-1.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bake, eat, and relish the taste of gingerbread cookies without burning down the house.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/Spiced-Gingerbread-Man-Cookies-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15666\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/Spiced-Gingerbread-Man-Cookies-2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Spiced-Gingerbread-Man-Cookies-2\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/Spiced-Gingerbread-Man-Cookies-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/Spiced-Gingerbread-Man-Cookies-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/Spiced-Gingerbread-Man-Cookies-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Get out the ugly Christmas sweaters you can\u2019t wear any other time of the year without looking out of place. Why waste the opportunity?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/sweater.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15667\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/sweater-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"sweater\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/sweater-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/sweater-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/sweater.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Volunteer and give back to the community. Whether it\u2019s decorating Christmas cards to send out to veterans, or spending time with animals at your local animal shelter, now is the time to lend a helping hand to others with your spare time.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/volunteering-on-christmas-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15668\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/volunteering-on-christmas-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"volunteering-on-christmas-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/volunteering-on-christmas-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/files\/2015\/12\/volunteering-on-christmas-1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finals are ending, first semester is over, and everyone is getting hyped up for the holidays! Do you know what you\u2019re going to spend your&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":15669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1021],"tags":[],"coauthors":[2447],"class_list":["post-15636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15636"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15693,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15636\/revisions\/15693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15636"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=15636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}