{"id":10653,"date":"2015-12-18T01:41:40","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T06:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougbittinger.com\/thoughts\/?p=10653"},"modified":"2025-04-21T01:56:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:56:38","slug":"mogs-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/mogs-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Mog&#8217;s Christmas That Almost Wasn&#8217;t"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10656\" src=\"https:\/\/PineyMountainFoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mog-the-Cat_anxious.png\" alt=\"Mogs Christmas\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" \/>You know how some commercials just make you smile?\u00a0 Budweiser has produced many of their Clydesdale based advertisements that have warmed my heart.\u00a0 I came across this Christmas ad from Sainsbury recently and found it humorous and heart warming.<\/p>\n<div id=\"watch-uploader-info\"><strong class=\"watch-time-text\">Published on Nov 12, 2015: <\/strong>the new Sainsbury\u2019s Christmas Advertisement presents a CGI version of Mog the forgetful cat (known to many through the <a href=\"http:\/\/childrensbooks.wikia.com\/wiki\/Mog_the_Forgetful_Cat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">children&#8217;s book series<\/a> by Judith Kerr) as she sets off a chain of unfortunate events which almost ruin Christmas for the Thomas family. Can she pull it all back to save the day?<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kuRn2S7iPNU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It is at Christmas time that our society tends to focus on sharing, togetherness, and peaceful coexistence.\u00a0 That is a good thing.\u00a0 It&#8217;s just too bad we, as a society, are not willing to open ourselves to these thoughts throughout the year.\u00a0 Once the lights come down and the tree is dumped at the curb, we (as a society) go back to looking out for number one.\u00a0 Not everyone, mind you, but the majority.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to be part of that majority?\u00a0 If not, find ways to volunteer your time in your community to help those around you.\u00a0 There are many organizations where you live that are eager for your help.\u00a0 Select one that suits your passions (what tugs at your heart), and your skills or abilities.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to fill your heart with happiness is to pour it out on others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know how some commercials just make you smile?&nbsp; Budweiser has produced many of their Clydesdale based advertisements that have warmed my heart.&nbsp; I came across this Christmas ad from Sainsbury recently and found it humorous and heart warming. Published on Nov 12, 2015: the new Sainsbury&rsquo;s Christmas Advertisement presents a CGI version of Mog &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/mogs-christmas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mog&#8217;s Christmas That Almost Wasn&#8217;t&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-10653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-inspirational"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20183,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10653\/revisions\/20183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}