{"id":28048,"date":"2018-12-24T10:53:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-24T15:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?p=28048"},"modified":"2018-12-24T10:55:06","modified_gmt":"2018-12-24T15:55:06","slug":"holiday-greetings-shmula-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/holiday-greetings-shmula-team\/28048\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Greetings from the Shmula Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/holidays-christmas-shmula-.jpg\" alt=\"holiday christmas greetings\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/holidays-christmas-shmula-.jpg 800w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/holidays-christmas-shmula--600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/holidays-christmas-shmula--300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/holidays-christmas-shmula--768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Happy Holidays from the Shmula Team<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As the holiday season is upon us, we find ourselves reflecting on the past year and those who have helped to shape Shmula. It&#8217;s been an exciting\u00a0a year for all! We hope that 2018 has been just as memorable for you, your colleagues, and your loved ones. We look forward to working with you in the years to come!<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title fn\" itemprop=\"name\" style=\"text-align: center;\">At Christmas<\/h2>\n<p class=\"author\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>By <span itemprop=\"author\">Edgar Guest<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"poem-full\" style=\"text-align: center;\">A man is at his finest<br \/>\ntowards the finish of the year;<br \/>\nHe is almost what he should be<br \/>\nwhen the Christmas season is here;<br \/>\nThen he&#8217;s thinking more of others<br \/>\nthan he&#8217;s thought the months before,<br \/>\nAnd the laughter of his children<br \/>\nis a joy worth toiling for.<br \/>\nHe is less a selfish creature than<br \/>\nat any other time;<br \/>\nWhen the Christmas spirit rules him<br \/>\nhe comes close to the sublime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When it&#8217;s Christmas man is bigger<br \/>\nand is better in his part;<br \/>\nHe is keener for the service<br \/>\nthat is prompted by the heart.<br \/>\nAll the petty thoughts and narrow<br \/>\nseem to vanish for awhile<br \/>\nAnd the true reward he&#8217;s seeking<br \/>\nis the glory of a smile.<br \/>\nThen for others he is toiling and<br \/>\nsomehow it seems to me<br \/>\nThat at Christmas he is almost<br \/>\nwhat God wanted him to be.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If I had to paint a picture of a man<br \/>\nI think I&#8217;d wait<br \/>\nTill he&#8217;d fought his selfish battles<br \/>\nand had put aside his hate.<br \/>\nI&#8217;d not catch him at his labors<br \/>\nwhen his thoughts are all of pelf,<br \/>\nOn the long days and the dreary<br \/>\nwhen he&#8217;s striving for himself.<br \/>\nI&#8217;d not take him when he&#8217;s sneering,<br \/>\nwhen he&#8217;s scornful or depressed,<br \/>\nBut I&#8217;d look for him at Christmas<br \/>\nwhen he&#8217;s shining at his best.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Man is ever in a struggle<br \/>\nand he&#8217;s oft misunderstood;<br \/>\nThere are days the worst that&#8217;s in him<br \/>\nis the master of the good,<br \/>\nBut at Christmas kindness rules him<br \/>\nand he puts himself aside<br \/>\nAnd his petty hates are vanquished<br \/>\nand his heart is opened wide.<br \/>\nOh, I don&#8217;t know how to say it,<br \/>\nbut somehow it seems to me<br \/>\nThat at Christmas man is almost<br \/>\nwhat God sent him here to be.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Holidays from the Shmula Team As the holiday season is upon us, we find ourselves reflecting on the past year and those who have helped to shape Shmula. 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