{"id":482,"date":"2007-12-19T12:42:17","date_gmt":"2007-12-19T16:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/?p=482"},"modified":"2007-12-19T12:42:17","modified_gmt":"2007-12-19T16:42:17","slug":"482","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/19\/482\/","title":{"rendered":"Bah! Humbug!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 346px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/mantiseditedforweb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/mantiseditedforweb.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Mother Mantis wonders what all the fuss is about. Even she's forced to join in the fun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Well, you knew, the Grumpy Vegan would inevitably post a blog declaring Bah! Humbug! to Christmas, wouldn&#8217;t you? Otherwise, admit it, you&#8217;d be disappointed. No? Oh well. I don&#8217;t care what you think. And a Happy New Year to you, too.<\/p>\n<p>This time of the year is too nauseating for words. An indulgence built upon a lie. No, an over-indulgence justified by the what-can&#8217;t-be-proven. Everyday, of course, should be like Christmas if it truly meant goodwill to all. But, sadly, the human condition has yet to develop the ability to sustain bonhomie toward all &#8212; all year. As Morrissey said,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nLove, peace and harmony ?<br \/>\nLove, peace and harmony ?<br \/>\nOh, very nice<br \/>\nVery nice<br \/>\nVery nice<br \/>\nVery nice<br \/>\n&#8230;But maybe in the next world<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, you knew, the Grumpy Vegan would inevitably post a blog declaring Bah! Humbug! to Christmas, wouldn&#8217;t you? Otherwise, admit it, you&#8217;d be disappointed. No? Oh well. I don&#8217;t care what you think. And a Happy New Year to you, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/19\/482\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-grumpy-vegan-life","tag-grumpy-vegan-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}