{"id":1252,"date":"2017-12-21T09:11:02","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T09:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/val\/?p=697"},"modified":"2017-10-11T02:27:24","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T02:27:24","slug":"first-day-of-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/val\/2017\/12\/21\/first-day-of-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"First day of winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-698 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/val\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/12\/240211650_764b630731-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Winter - Michael Hodge\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/val\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/12\/240211650_764b630731-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/val\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/12\/240211650_764b630731.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Today is the First day of winter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Animals handle cold winter weather in a variety of ways. Some travel to a warmer climate. Others grow thicker fur coats so they can stay warm and active during the winter. Many animals hibernate during the coldest weather \u2013 they spend the warmer months eating and storing as much body fat as they can and then live off this extra weight as they sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Au pairs *** do not *** hibernate this winter!!! Call a new au pair or someone you haven\u2019t met yet and go get a hot chocolate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><span style=\"color: #888888\">Photo: Michael Hodge<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the First day of winter Animals handle cold winter weather in a variety of ways. Some travel to a warmer climate. Others grow thicker fur coats so they can stay warm and active during the winter. 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