{"id":30369,"date":"2026-01-12T13:29:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=30369"},"modified":"2026-01-12T13:29:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:29:43","slug":"christmas-2025-festivities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=30369","title":{"rendered":"Christmas 2025 Festivities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Laurie Adams came to visit. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/54954165026\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54954165026_9d9d194a8d.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"424\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/54954518989\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54954518989_07a41edae1_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/54954277921\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54954277921_c6fb9c96df.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Checked out several holiday pop-ups. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NTIuGFq8thg?si=ShEUNhbLYY2SHvqC\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Attended several fun Christmas parties.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/54965619062\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54965619062_15baa4d42d.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Cindy&#8217;s annual Christmas gathering<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/54986541688\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54986541688_c1b4658029.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"328\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ladies&#8217; annual pickleball gift exchange<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/54996659891\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54996659891_df5ed19c54_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Attend Chad and Laura&#8217;s annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/mERoQIig-1o\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">beer and wine gift exchange<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/54996836818\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54996836818_5f5666a3b7_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also attended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/r0jhEVp07CY\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brian&#8217;s work Christmas dinner at Kobe<\/a>, and met a bunch of pickleball friends at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/6wi0sc-fb_w\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicken N Pickle&#8217;s Holiday Hideaway<\/a>. December was a really fun month. Looking forward to what this month and the rest of 2026 has in store. Happy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Laurie Adams came to visit. Checked out several holiday pop-ups. Attended several fun Christmas parties. 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