{"id":954,"date":"2014-12-04T17:06:31","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T01:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/?p=954"},"modified":"2014-12-04T17:06:31","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T01:06:31","slug":"enveloped-in-cheer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/2014\/12\/04\/enveloped-in-cheer\/","title":{"rendered":"Enveloped in Cheer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c<em>Deck<\/em> the halls with boughs of holly! Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Normally, having to slide back into the swing of school after a luxurious break away from homework is a struggle no student looks forward to. But me? I was ready &#8212; ready to see those boughs decked out in holly!<\/p>\n<p>My decked-out week began with a sweet surprise. My fianc\u00e9e invited me to go to chapel with him on Monday, even though I\u2019ve already fulfilled my credits for the semester. He insisted that this would be an especially \u201c<em>great<\/em> one.\u201d Boy am I glad that I went!<\/p>\n<p>Chapel on Monday was unique and beautiful in a way I had yet to experience. It was essentially a combination of Christmas-related musical acts, performed by students and staff alike. Rosy cheeks, bright eyes, and warm smiles filled the room \u2013 Christmas spirits were high as our brothers and sisters in Christ shared the extraordinary talents they\u2019ve been given.<\/p>\n<p>To continue in celebration, Wednesday\u2019s chapel was a magnificent show put on by CBU\u2019s choir and orchestra! What a treat that was! And for the cherry on top, Conferences and Events spent a morning setting up for CBU\u2019s annual Christmas party taking place Thursday evening. Sledding, ice skating, classic Christmas tunes, and joy all included!<\/p>\n<p>As much as I look forward to these two weeks being over, so that I can go home and enjoy a long stretch of quality time with my family, I will be sorry to say goodbye to the holiday cheer that envelops this place each winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDeck the halls with boughs of holly! Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la\u2026\u201d Normally, having to slide back into the swing of school after a luxurious break away from homework is a struggle no student looks forward to. But me? I was ready &#8212; ready to see those boughs decked out in holly! My decked-out week began with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natalie-shadle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":955,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions\/955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}