{"id":1346,"date":"2015-12-31T03:34:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T03:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/?p=1346"},"modified":"2015-12-31T03:48:33","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T03:48:33","slug":"holiday-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/2015\/12\/31\/holiday-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/NOLHolidayparty2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1347\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/NOLHolidayparty2015-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"NOLHolidayparty2015\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/NOLHolidayparty2015-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/NOLHolidayparty2015.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>As usual in December, au pairs got together for a big holiday party. After sharing stories about different celebrations in their respective countries, au pairs decided to follow one of the American customs and played Dirty Santa Game, a Christmas gift exchange that calls for participants to \u201csteal gifts\u201d from each other.<\/p>\n<p>Another fun game involved drawing a Christmas scene on a paper plate placed on au pair\u2019s head.<\/p>\n<p>Fortified with hot chocolate and an array of cookies and snacks, au pairs set out to continue the fun evening at Celebration in the Oaks in City Park.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/NOLHolidays2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1349\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/NOLHolidays2015-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"NOLHolidays2015\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/NOLHolidays2015-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/NOLHolidays2015.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/DSC00107.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/DSC00107-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00107\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/DSC00107-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/DSC00107-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/DSC00107-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/DSC00126.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1351\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/DSC00126-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00126\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/DSC00126-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/DSC00126-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/DSC00126-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/NOLXmas2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1352\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/NOLXmas2015-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"NOLXmas2015\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/NOLXmas2015-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/NOLXmas2015.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/NOLHolidayparty2015.jpg\"><\/a>As usual in December, au pairs got together for a big holiday party. After sharing stories about different celebrations in their respective countries, au pairs decided to follow one of the American customs and played Dirty Santa Game, a Christmas gift exchange that calls for participants to \u201csteal gifts\u201d from each other. Another fun  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/2015\/12\/31\/holiday-celebrations\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[16,53,196],"class_list":["post-1346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun-things-we-do","tag-au-apair-new-orleans","tag-childcare-new-orleans","tag-live-in-child-care-new-orleans"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Holiday Celebrations - Jolanta&#039;s Au Pair In America Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Holiday Celebrations - Jolanta&#039;s Au Pair In America Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As usual in December, au pairs got together for a big holiday party. After sharing stories about different celebrations in their respective countries, au pairs decided to follow one of the American customs and played Dirty Santa Game, a Christmas gift exchange that calls for participants to \u201csteal gifts\u201d from each other. Another fun Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/2015\/12\/31\/holiday-celebrations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Jolanta&#039;s Au Pair In America Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-12-31T03:34:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-12-31T03:48:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/NOLHolidayparty2015-300x203.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jolanta Tipler\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jolanta Tipler\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/2015\/12\/31\/holiday-celebrations\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/2015\/12\/31\/holiday-celebrations\/\",\"name\":\"Holiday Celebrations - Jolanta&#039;s Au Pair In America Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/2015\/12\/31\/holiday-celebrations\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/2015\/12\/31\/holiday-celebrations\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/NOLHolidayparty2015-300x203.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-31T03:34:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-31T03:48:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/#\/schema\/person\/f7b2ae6586832182ba241e4422c00483\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/2015\/12\/31\/holiday-celebrations\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/2015\/12\/31\/holiday-celebrations\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/2015\/12\/31\/holiday-celebrations\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/NOLHolidayparty2015.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/NOLHolidayparty2015.jpg\",\"width\":350,\"height\":237},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/2015\/12\/31\/holiday-celebrations\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Holiday Celebrations\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/\",\"name\":\"Jolanta&#039;s Au Pair In America Blog\",\"description\":\"The place to find out about Au Pair in America in New Orleans, LA and surrounding communities\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/#\/schema\/person\/f7b2ae6586832182ba241e4422c00483\",\"name\":\"Jolanta Tipler\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ccc7ac3ece6d15d483a6aeb02c7503357ada1284468b6ead328a59d0ea22ac54?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ccc7ac3ece6d15d483a6aeb02c7503357ada1284468b6ead328a59d0ea22ac54?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jolanta Tipler\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/author\/nol00\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Holiday Celebrations - Jolanta&#039;s Au Pair In America Blog","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Holiday Celebrations - Jolanta&#039;s Au Pair In America Blog","og_description":"As usual in December, au pairs got together for a big holiday party. After sharing stories about different celebrations in their respective countries, au pairs decided to follow one of the American customs and played Dirty Santa Game, a Christmas gift exchange that calls for participants to \u201csteal gifts\u201d from each other. Another fun Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/2015\/12\/31\/holiday-celebrations\/","og_site_name":"Jolanta&#039;s Au Pair In America Blog","article_published_time":"2015-12-31T03:34:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-12-31T03:48:33+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/NOLHolidayparty2015-300x203.jpg"}],"author":"Jolanta Tipler","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jolanta Tipler","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/2015\/12\/31\/holiday-celebrations\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/2015\/12\/31\/holiday-celebrations\/","name":"Holiday Celebrations - Jolanta&#039;s Au Pair In America Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/2015\/12\/31\/holiday-celebrations\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/2015\/12\/31\/holiday-celebrations\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/NOLHolidayparty2015-300x203.jpg","datePublished":"2015-12-31T03:34:59+00:00","dateModified":"2015-12-31T03:48:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/#\/schema\/person\/f7b2ae6586832182ba241e4422c00483"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/2015\/12\/31\/holiday-celebrations\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/2015\/12\/31\/holiday-celebrations\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/2015\/12\/31\/holiday-celebrations\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/NOLHolidayparty2015.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/12\/NOLHolidayparty2015.jpg","width":350,"height":237},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/2015\/12\/31\/holiday-celebrations\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Holiday Celebrations"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/","name":"Jolanta&#039;s Au Pair In America Blog","description":"The place to find out about Au Pair in America in New Orleans, LA and surrounding communities","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/#\/schema\/person\/f7b2ae6586832182ba241e4422c00483","name":"Jolanta Tipler","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ccc7ac3ece6d15d483a6aeb02c7503357ada1284468b6ead328a59d0ea22ac54?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ccc7ac3ece6d15d483a6aeb02c7503357ada1284468b6ead328a59d0ea22ac54?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"Jolanta Tipler"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/author\/nol00\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}