{"id":903,"date":"2013-12-26T05:30:20","date_gmt":"2013-12-26T15:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=903"},"modified":"2013-12-25T09:37:44","modified_gmt":"2013-12-25T19:37:44","slug":"santa-has-left-the-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=903","title":{"rendered":"Santa has left the building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may be surprised to learn there\u00a0are four stages of life:<\/p>\n<p>1) You believe in Santa Claus<br \/>\n2) You don&#8217;t believe in Santa Claus<br \/>\n3) You are Santa Claus<br \/>\n4) You look like Santa Claus<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I was number three &#8211; without the red suit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/christmas-mess-sized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-905\" alt=\"christmas-mess-sized\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/christmas-mess-sized.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/christmas-mess-sized.jpg 300w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/christmas-mess-sized-250x187.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Actually I handed out presents from Santa.<br \/>\nMaybe that makes me number four.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever, the grandkids scored big time.<br \/>\nThey are spoiled for life.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what grandparents are supposed to do.<\/p>\n<p>Let them run wild and crazy, give them too much and then send them home in a full frenzy sugar rush to drive their parents crazy.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to report I believe we were quite successful.<\/p>\n<p>We got a very late start with the Christmas spirit this year, what with a very sick dog and the wife trying to juggle her social schedule with her girlfriends.<\/p>\n<p>I ended the day without being grumpy once and that made everyone happy.<\/p>\n<p>It was a good Christmas and here&#8217;s hoping yours was too.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-903\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=903&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-903\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=903&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=903&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may be surprised to learn there\u00a0are four stages of life: 1) You believe in Santa Claus 2) You don&#8217;t believe in Santa Claus 3) You are Santa Claus 4) You look like Santa Claus Yesterday I was number three &hellip; 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