{"id":2786,"date":"2024-12-16T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artlingual.com\/staffblog\/?p=2786"},"modified":"2024-12-12T17:29:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T08:29:24","slug":"its-almost-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artlingual.com\/staffblog\/?p=2786","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s almost Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u7686\u3055\u3093\u3053\u3093\u306b\u3061\u308f\u3002\u3082\u3046\u3059\u3050\u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9\u3067\u3059\u306d\uff01\u7686\u3055\u3093\u306f\u3069\u306e\u69d8\u306b\u3057\u3066\u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9\u3092\u904e\u3054\u3057\u307e\u3059\u304b\uff1f\u4eca\u65e5\u306f\u3001\u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9\u306e\u672c\u5f53\u306e\u610f\u5473\u3092\u7d39\u4ecb\u3057\u305f\u3044\u3068\u601d\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\u53bb\u5e74\u3082\u540c\u3058\u69d8\u306a\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0\u3092\u6295\u7a3f\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u304c\u3001\u662f\u975e\u8aad\u3093\u3067\u307f\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u30ed\u30de\u30f3\u30b9\u3001\u53cb\u60c5\u3001\u30d5\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9\u30c1\u30ad\u30f3\u305d\u3057\u3066\u30b1\u30fc\u30ad\u304c\u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9\u306e\u610f\u5473\u3060\u3068\u601d\u3044\u304c\u3061\u3067\u3059\u304c\u3001\u672c\u5f53\u306f\u30ad\u30ea\u30b9\u30c8\u306e\u8a95\u751f\u306e\u795d\u3044\u65e5\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Contrary to popular belief, Christmas isn&#8217;t a time of romance, fried chicken,\u00a0 or cake. 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Good news of a Savior brings great joy to the people.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Why do we give gifts? Jesus was the greatest gift given to us, so we too like to give gifts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Why do we decorate with lights? 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