{"id":258,"date":"2014-12-25T09:14:34","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T17:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg.ca\/?p=258"},"modified":"2014-12-25T09:14:34","modified_gmt":"2014-12-25T17:14:34","slug":"merry-christmas-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2014\/12\/25\/merry-christmas-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1dc8d-img_0288.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-259\" src=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1dc8d-img_0288.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0288\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/a44f4-img_0289.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-260\" src=\"http:\/\/ashworthdavidg6722705c1a-bsotj.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/a44f4-img_0289.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0289\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Mexico Christmas is traditionally celebrated starting in the evening of the 24th. \u00a0Many go to an evening mass then return home or to a relative&#8217;s home to celebrate. \u00a0A Christmas dinner is served shortly after midnight and the celebration continues until early morning. \u00a0Christmas day is more relaxed and a day off for most.<\/p>\n<p>For me yesterday was completely normal. \u00a0Today I went for a walk to take a couple of pictures. \u00a0The city centro was very quiet however a few shops were open including the cafe I patronize. \u00a0You can see the sky above. \u00a0The temperature dropped down to 8C and may reach 18C later today. \u00a0Chilly but better than YVR. \u00a0I will probably have dinner with some other students later today.<\/p>\n<p>If I allow myself to recognize my progress in Spanish, \u00a0I am now very functional. \u00a0I understand most of what I hear or read, and know the grammar quite well. \u00a0However, I still commit errors when speaking, sometimes more than others depending on the topic and my stress level. \u00a0I find this frustrating and am now focusing on speaking better.<\/p>\n<p>The 12 weeks of school ends next week. \u00a0I was going to go to the beach for January 3-13 and I had hoped that some teachers would also go. \u00a0That didn&#8217;t work out so I decided to stay another week in Guanajuato and take private conversation classes. \u00a0Luckily I am able to stay in the same apartment an extra week.<\/p>\n<p>I will take a bus to Puerto Vallarta Saturday January 10 and I fly to YVR on Tuesday January 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Mexico Christmas is traditionally celebrated starting in the evening of the 24th. \u00a0Many go to an evening mass then return home or to a relative&#8217;s home to celebrate. \u00a0A Christmas dinner is served shortly after midnight and the celebration continues until early morning. \u00a0Christmas day is more relaxed and a day off for most. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2014\/12\/25\/merry-christmas-2014\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Merry Christmas 2014&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mexico"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashworthdavidg.duckdns.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}