{"id":12484,"date":"2021-12-03T03:40:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T08:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=12484"},"modified":"2025-12-20T14:51:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T19:51:43","slug":"id-rather-be-cycling-santa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=12484","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I&#8217;d rather be cycling.&#8221; &#8211; Santa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a shout out to all our cycling friends. Did you know that I overheard Santa the other day say to Mrs. Claus: &#8220;I&#8217;d rather be cycling.&#8221; So, that gave me an idea&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><em>By George<\/em> presents a dozen Christmas images of Santa and his bike for all who can&#8217;t wait for spring thaw and dry roads.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12487\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16-1024x616.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16-768x462.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16-624x375.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_17b-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_17b-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_17b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_17b.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16a-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16a-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16a-768x983.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16a-624x799.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16a.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12494 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16e-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16e-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16e-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16e-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16e-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16e-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16e.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16c-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16c-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16c.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas-santa2-300x227.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas-santa2-300x227.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas-santa2.jpeg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16d-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16d-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16d-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16d-624x624.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16d.jpg 626w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16b-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16b-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16b-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16b-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16b-624x624.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_16b.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/christmas_17e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/christmas_17e.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/christmas_17e-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_17-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_17-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_17-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_17-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_17-624x430.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_17.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12496 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_17c-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_17c-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_17c.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_17a-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_17a-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_17a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/christmas_17a.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=16322\"><strong>Return to a 2025 Christmas Wish<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a shout out to all our cycling friends. Did you know that I overheard Santa the other day say to Mrs. Claus: &#8220;I&#8217;d rather be cycling.&#8221; So, that gave me an idea&#8230;. By George presents a dozen Christmas images of Santa and his bike for all who can&#8217;t wait for spring thaw and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,12],"tags":[26],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12484"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12484"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16516,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12484\/revisions\/16516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}