{"id":1085,"date":"2011-12-29T17:38:23","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T22:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/2011\/12\/29\/january-2012\/"},"modified":"2011-12-29T17:38:23","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T22:38:23","slug":"january-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/2011\/12\/29\/january-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>January 1~New Year\u2019s Day<\/strong> \u2013 The first day of the New Year is a federal holiday.\u00a0 For many people, January first also means making a New Year\u2019s resolution.\u00a0 The most common being to lose weight\/get in shape, stop smoking and get organized.\u00a0 What is yours and how do you plan to achieve it?<\/p>\n<p>In some communities families visit each other for New Year\u2019s Day brunch and lots of watching football bowl games.\u00a0 There are five \u201cbowl\u201d games today, including the Outback Bowl in Tampa Florida, The Rose Bowl in Pasadena California\u00a0 and the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, Louisiana.\u00a0 To learn about football visit http:\/\/aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/life_in_the_us\/football.asp<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 16~ <\/strong><strong>Martin Luther King Jr. Day<\/strong>.\u00a0 Martin Luther King Jr. was an important leader of the civil rights movement here in America during the 1950s and 60s. The holiday was created as a day to remember his fight for the freedom, equality, and dignity of all races and peoples and as a time to remember the message of change through nonviolence.\u00a0 Usually schools are closed this day.\u00a0 If so, take your children to the library to get a book on Martin Luther King.\u00a0 Read it together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 1~New Year\u2019s Day \u2013 The first day of the New Year is a federal holiday.\u00a0 For many people, January first also means making a New Year\u2019s resolution.\u00a0 The most common being to lose weight\/get in shape, stop smoking and get organized.\u00a0 What is yours and how do you plan to achieve it? 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