{"id":674,"date":"2020-11-04T17:47:41","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T17:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/santalove.org\/?page_id=674"},"modified":"2020-11-04T17:51:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T17:51:07","slug":"is-santa-an-essential-worker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/santalove.org\/?page_id=674","title":{"rendered":"Is Santa An Essential Worker?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"956\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/santalove.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shutterstock_113502571-cut-956x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/santalove.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shutterstock_113502571-cut-956x1024.jpg 956w, https:\/\/santalove.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shutterstock_113502571-cut-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/santalove.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shutterstock_113502571-cut-768x823.jpg 768w, https:\/\/santalove.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shutterstock_113502571-cut-1434x1536.jpg 1434w, https:\/\/santalove.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shutterstock_113502571-cut-1912x2048.jpg 1912w, https:\/\/santalove.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shutterstock_113502571-cut-600x643.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-red-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Is Santa considered an essential worker?<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#12a300\" class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The government thought so and was going to make sure Santas got the coronavirus vaccine first. But then, they changed their mind. As shown in the book, Re-Imagine Santa, the government has often &#8220;used&#8221; Santa Claus to promote political agendas. The Santas were going to be given the vaccine first if they would then go out and encourage others to take it. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#52a300\" class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pretty fascinating story you can learn more about here!  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-54686844?fbclid=IwAR2m0O3u9uTpVUyf4BFAhhblK_mUSBwXBJiK8r2Oqs1yyCAZ8XX2Df5wVLg\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-54686844<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Learn more about how the government has used Santa Claus for political purposes in the past in Re-Imagine Santa here &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/santalove.org\/?page_id=547\">https:\/\/santalove.org\/?page_id=547<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Santa considered an essential worker? The government thought so and was going to make sure Santas got the coronavirus vaccine first. But then, they changed their mind. As shown in the book, Re-Imagine Santa, the government has often &#8220;used&#8221; Santa Claus to promote political agendas. The Santas were going to be given the vaccine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-674","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/santalove.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/santalove.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/santalove.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santalove.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santalove.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/santalove.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/santalove.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}