{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"A Simple Life, a Childlike Faith","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife","author_name":"Linda G. Howard","author_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/author\/lhoward","title":"The Christmas Carol - A Simple Life, a Childlike Faith","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"fMQeU7y1Be\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2011\/12\/the-christmas-carol.html\">The Christmas Carol<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2011\/12\/the-christmas-carol.html\/embed#?secret=fMQeU7y1Be\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Christmas Carol&#8221; &#8212; A Simple Life, a Childlike Faith\" data-secret=\"fMQeU7y1Be\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Forty years ago Christmas Eve was the first time I heard the sound of my favorite Christmas Carol. She squeaked a cry a few seconds after she was born. \u00a0Carol weighed six pounds and she was 17 inches long. \u00a0She had come three weeks early on Christmas Eve. \u00a0We named her on the way to&hellip;","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/files\/2011\/12\/C-Howard-Merritt-150x150.jpg"}