{"id":19375,"date":"2015-01-28T17:11:17","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T22:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/?p=19375"},"modified":"2015-01-28T17:11:17","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T22:11:17","slug":"christmas-eve-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/christmas-eve-brooklyn\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Eve in Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year, for the first time, it was Christmas in Brooklyn. Luckily my parents and Aunt Mindy were able to make it down to spend it with us.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19376\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/christmas-eve-brooklyn\/141224_43047\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43047.jpg?fit=%2C&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image- data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43047.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43047.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19376\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43047.jpg?resize=560%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"141224_43047\" width=\"560\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Noah was excited.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19377\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/christmas-eve-brooklyn\/141224_43051\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43051.jpg?fit=%2C&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image- data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43051.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43051.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19377\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43051.jpg?resize=560%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"141224_43051\" width=\"560\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They came bearing gifts.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19389\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/christmas-eve-brooklyn\/141224_43054\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43054.jpg?fit=%2C&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image- data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43054.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43054.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19389\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43054.jpg?resize=560%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"141224_43054\" width=\"560\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our tree struggled to cover them all.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19378\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/christmas-eve-brooklyn\/141224_43071\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43071.jpg?fit=%2C&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image- data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43071.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43071.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19378\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43071.jpg?resize=468%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"141224_43071\" width=\"468\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the very same time, one of Noah&#8217;s teeth decided it wanted out of his face.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19379\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/christmas-eve-brooklyn\/141224_43074\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43074.jpg?fit=%2C&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image- data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43074.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43074.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19379\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43074.jpg?resize=560%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"141224_43074\" width=\"560\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kate and Noah wanted (reluctantly) to try the ole&#8217; string on the doorknob trick.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19380\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/christmas-eve-brooklyn\/141224_43078\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43078.jpg?fit=%2C&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image- data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43078.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43078.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19380\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43078.jpg?resize=560%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"141224_43078\" width=\"560\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Reluctantly.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19381\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/christmas-eve-brooklyn\/141224_43080\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43080.jpg?fit=%2C&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image- data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43080.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43080.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19381\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43080.jpg?resize=560%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"141224_43080\" width=\"560\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19382\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/christmas-eve-brooklyn\/141224_43106\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43106.jpg?fit=%2C&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image- data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43106.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43106.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19382\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43106.jpg?resize=560%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"141224_43106\" width=\"560\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many knots tried.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19383\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/christmas-eve-brooklyn\/141224_43116\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43116.jpg?fit=%2C&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image- data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43116.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43116.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19383\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43116.jpg?resize=560%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"141224_43116\" width=\"560\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19384\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/christmas-eve-brooklyn\/141224_43123\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43123.jpg?fit=%2C&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image- data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43123.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43123.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19384\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43123.jpg?resize=560%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"141224_43123\" width=\"560\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally Noah asked me to just pull it out.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19385\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/christmas-eve-brooklyn\/141224_43141\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43141.jpg?fit=%2C&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image- data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43141.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43141.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19385\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43141.jpg?resize=700%2C437&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"141224_43141\" width=\"700\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Crazy face.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19386\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/christmas-eve-brooklyn\/141224_43158\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43158.jpg?fit=%2C&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image- data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43158.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43158.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19386\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43158.jpg?resize=560%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"141224_43158\" width=\"560\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19387\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/christmas-eve-brooklyn\/141224_43163\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43163.jpg?fit=%2C&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image- data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43163.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43163.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19387\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43163.jpg?resize=560%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"141224_43163\" width=\"560\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A quick story before bed. Excited to see what both Santa and the Tooth Fairy would bring.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19388\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/christmas-eve-brooklyn\/141224_43170\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43170.jpg?fit=%2C&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image- data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43170.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43170.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19388\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/141224_43170.jpg?resize=700%2C560&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"141224_43170\" width=\"700\" height=\"560\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas Eve, for the first time, in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,44,15,6,22,7,27,55,56,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auntie-mindy","category-family","category-grandparents","category-gross","category-holidays","category-milestones","category-psyched","category-reading","category-sappy","category-stress"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pl9oj-52v","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19390,"href":"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19375\/revisions\/19390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}