{"id":352300,"date":"2025-11-16T19:07:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T03:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayanrocks.com\/?p=352300"},"modified":"2025-11-29T23:45:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T07:45:59","slug":"how-i-holiday-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayanrocks.com\/?p=352300","title":{"rendered":"How I Holiday."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mayanrocks.com\/blog\/xmas-wreath-door.jpg\" width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mayanrocks.com\/blog\/howiiholiday1.jpg\" alt=\"fiddle leaf fig christmas tree\"><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Who needs a Christmas tree when you can just throw some lights on a <a href=\"https:\/\/easyplant.com\/products\/large\/fiddle-leaf-fig-bush-1?variant=Natural%20Bamboo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fiddle leaf fig bush<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mayanrocks.com\/blog\/hanging--santa-balcony.jpg\" width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re driving down G Street in downtown SD, I&#8217;m the apartment between 13th and 14th with the hanging santa \ud83c\udf85\ud83c\udffb\ud83c\udf84<\/p>\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mayanrocks.com\/blog\/home-alone-projector.jpg\" alt=\"home alone\"><\/p>\n\n\n<p>I was 8-years-old when <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0099785\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Home Alone<\/a><\/em> was first released 35 years ago today &#8211; the same age as Kevin McCalister (do the horrifying math)!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xi4OpBMbyGY?si=9Jbapie9r3erp20l\" width=\"435\" height=\"245\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sidenote:<\/strong> My parents have a steep ass staircase in their house just like the McCallisters, except they have a wall in front of the bottom of the stairs. 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