{"id":59273,"date":"2015-12-06T00:09:29","date_gmt":"2015-12-06T08:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=59273"},"modified":"2015-12-06T00:09:29","modified_gmt":"2015-12-06T08:09:29","slug":"christmas-all-year-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/59273","title":{"rendered":"Christmas All Year Long"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tAbout an hour north of my farm, folks celebrate Christmas all year long.<\/p>\n<p>You would, too, if you lived in a place called Santa.<\/p>\n<p>Yep, nestled in the hills and forests of the Idaho Panhandle sits a tiny town named Santa.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Santa_KLEW1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-59271\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Santa_KLEW1.jpg\" alt=\"Santa_KLEW1\" width=\"340\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But Santa, Idaho, isn&#8217;t the only town that rustles up the holiday spirit year-round. How about<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Santa Claus, Arizona, Georgia, and Indiana<\/li>\n<li>Snow, Idaho<\/li>\n<li>North Pole, Alaska<\/li>\n<li>Silver Bell, Arizona<\/li>\n<li>Eggnog, Utah<\/li>\n<li>Christmas Valley, Oregon<\/li>\n<li>Holly, Washington<\/li>\n<li>Christmas, Arizona, Florida, Michigan, and Mississippi<\/li>\n<li>Shepherd, Montana<\/li>\n<li>Elf, North Carolina<\/li>\n<li>Mistletoe, Arkansas and Kentucky<\/li>\n<li>Bethlehem (this one&#8217;s in 18 states)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, nearly all of Santa&#8217;s reindeer have towns named after them. (Not to mention the 36 locations with &#8220;Reindeer&#8221; in their names.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rudolph Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin<\/li>\n<li>Dasher (Creek), Georgia<\/li>\n<li>Dancer (Flats), Texas<\/li>\n<li>Prancer (WAIT, where&#8217;s Prancer? He must have been out on a mission when they handed out towns!)<\/li>\n<li>Vixen, Louisiana<\/li>\n<li>Comet, Arkansas, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia<\/li>\n<li>Cupid, Iowa, Nebraska, and Oklahoma<\/li>\n<li>Donner, California, Florida, and Louisiana<\/li>\n<li>Blitzen, Oregon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find all these and many more in William D. Crump&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Christmas-Encyclopedia-3d-ed\/dp\/0786468270\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1447961801&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=christmas+encyclopedia\">The Christmas Encyclopedia<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/christmas-encyc.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/christmas-encyc1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-59276\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/christmas-encyc1.jpg\" alt=\"christmas-encyc\" width=\"360\" height=\"523\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Packed with everything Christmas and now in its third edition, the encyclopedia includes Christmas carols and hymns; customs; historical events; popular symbols; plants; celebrations; Christmas movies, plays, books, and TV; and more. A perfect early present for anyone who loves everything Christmas.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About an hour north of my farm, folks celebrate Christmas all year long. You would, too, if you lived in a place called Santa. 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