{"id":17274,"date":"2016-12-24T23:16:51","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T23:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=17274"},"modified":"2017-03-31T18:09:09","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T18:09:09","slug":"christmas-eve-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/christmas-eve-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Eve 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[<em>Photos from 24 December 2016, posted online 04 March 2017. \u00a0There snow outside now, but weirdly bright compared to Christmas.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>The all-important Christmas Eve <em>finally<\/em> arrived. \u00a0I spent the day putting the finishing touches on a couple of presents that turned out to require a lot more effort than initially anticipated (for the second year in a row, why can&#8217;t I get this done earlier!!), but it was a nice day nonetheless. (14 images total)<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_17275\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17275\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17275\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0101.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0101.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0101-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0101-450x301.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0101-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The yuletide tree up and decorated, and about to be lifted off the ground with all the presents around it! The image captures the siblings pretty accurately, the girls were happy excited, but Bjarki had trouble finding joy in the uncertainty of what the presents contained.<\/p><\/div><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17279\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0083.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17279\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17279\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0083.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0083.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0083-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0083-450x301.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0083-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One overview picture before we dug in!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17276\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20161224_180807.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17276\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17276\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20161224_180807.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20161224_180807.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20161224_180807-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20161224_180807-450x312.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20161224_180807-600x416.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finnur made a fancy dinner!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17277\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20161224_180845.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17277\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17277\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20161224_180845.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20161224_180845.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20161224_180845-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20161224_180845-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20161224_180845-600x451.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We were excited to eat it!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17278\" style=\"width: 466px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20161224_181019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17278\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17278\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20161224_181019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"456\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20161224_181019.jpg 456w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20161224_181019-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20161224_181019-450x651.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some were more excited than others!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17280\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0095.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17280\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0095.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0095.jpg 440w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0095-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The tree in all its glory.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17281\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0107.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17281\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17281\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0107.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0107.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0107-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0107-450x301.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0107-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Time to open presents!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17282\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0110.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17282\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17282\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0110.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0110.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0110-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0110-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0110-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A little bit of cozy.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17283\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0113.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17283\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17283\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0113.jpg 440w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0113-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bjarki beginning to relax a little bit.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17284\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0118.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17284\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17284\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0118.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0118.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0118-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0118-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0118-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Overview of the living room, very lit up by the flash!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17285\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0125.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17285\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17285\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0125.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0125.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0125-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0125-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0125-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dad joking.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17286\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0129.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17286\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17286\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0129.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0129.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0129-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0129-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0129-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glorious presents piling up!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17287\" style=\"width: 451px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0141.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17287\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17287\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0141.jpg 441w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0141-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Probably Anna&#8217;s last year of getting gobs of presents, as she&#8217;s becoming &#8220;too old&#8221; to count as one of the kids.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17288\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0150.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17288\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17288\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0150.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0150-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0150-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0150-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thank you for your presents everybody!!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[<em>Photos from 24 December 2016, posted online 04 March 2017. \u00a0There snow outside now, but weirdly bright compared to Christmas.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>The all-important Christmas Eve <em>finally<\/em> arrived. \u00a0I spent the day putting the finishing touches on a couple of presents that turned out to require a lot more effort than initially anticipated (for the second year in a row, why can&#8217;t I get this done earlier!!), but it was a nice day nonetheless. (14 images total)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17275\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17275\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17275\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0101.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0101.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0101-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0101-450x301.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0101-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-17275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The yuletide tree up and decorated, and about to be lifted off the ground with all the presents around it! The image captures the siblings pretty accurately, the girls were happy excited, but Bjarki had trouble finding joy in the uncertainty of what the presents contained.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/christmas-eve-2016\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-us","post-container col-md-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17289,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17274\/revisions\/17289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}