{"id":15458,"date":"2023-01-02T02:41:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T10:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writtentales.com\/?p=15458"},"modified":"2023-06-10T03:20:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T10:20:53","slug":"the-christmas-house-by-gia-porter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.writtentales.com\/the-christmas-house-by-gia-porter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Christmas House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">We stood freezing outside\nAs we tried to decide\nWhether we would go inside.\n \nDrove for miles in the snow.\nFor its Christmas, you know.\nAnd the house is all aglow.\n \nThe tree, its twinkling lights\nGlowing miles into the night.\nAll\u2019s blinded by the sight.\n \nMy mom\u2019s face glistening.\nMy dad\u2019s rarely listening.\nMy sibs always dissing.\n \nTheir senseless gossip chatters.\n\u2018bout nothing that matters.\nAs the gift wrapping scatters.\n \nMore guests now arriving.\nDoubts about surviving.\nDecided to keep driving.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immerse yourself in the magic of &#8220;The Christmas House&#8221; by Gia Porter. A frozen moment outside reveals a world of family dynamics, twinkling lights, and whispered secrets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1050,"featured_media":15460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2166],"tags":[2249,2199,2232],"ppma_author":[2135],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Gia Porter","author_link":"https:\/\/www.writtentales.com\/author\/giaporter\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F538c5b2f-af1e-4a9d-a14b-57879e411a84_2240x1260.jpeg","coauthors":[{"link":"https:\/\/www.writtentales.com\/author\/giaporter\/","display_name":"Gia Porter"}],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.writtentales.com\/category\/reading\/poems\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Poems &amp; Poets<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Poems &amp; Poets<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.writtentales.com\/category\/reading\/poems\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Christmas<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.writtentales.com\/category\/reading\/poems\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Family<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.writtentales.com\/category\/reading\/poems\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Seasons<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Christmas<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Family<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Seasons<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 1 year ago","modified":"Updated 11 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on January 2, 2023","modified":"Updated on June 10, 2023"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on January 2, 2023 2:41 am","modified":"Updated on June 10, 2023 3:20 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","authors":[{"term_id":2135,"user_id":1050,"is_guest":0,"slug":"giaporter","display_name":"Gia Porter","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/66b3792e97d3489509c995a679eabf5f?s=96&d=mm&r=r","twitter":"","tumblr":"","facebook":"","youtube":"","first_name":"Gia","last_name":"Porter","user_url":"","instagram":"","books":"","description":"Gia Porter is a talented writer specializing in flash fiction and poetry. Her evocative works have graced the pages of renowned publications like the Garfield Lake Review, Fresh Words: An International Literary Magazine, and Written Tales. With her unique ability to touch hearts and ignite imaginations, she transports readers to enchanting worlds that linger long after the final page."}],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F538c5b2f-af1e-4a9d-a14b-57879e411a84_2240x1260.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"The Christmas House","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writtentales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writtentales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writtentales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writtentales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1050"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writtentales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.writtentales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writtentales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writtentales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writtentales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writtentales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15458"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writtentales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=15458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}