{"id":11188,"date":"2025-11-26T15:32:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T20:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=11188"},"modified":"2025-11-26T15:32:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T20:32:16","slug":"lou-rawls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2025\/11\/26\/lou-rawls\/","title":{"rendered":"Lou Rawls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"850\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xb8xlNsLIqs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I LOVED Garfield when I was a kid, so of course Lou Rawls is part of the soundtrack of my childhood.  He did some fabulous holiday tunes.  I want this one to be longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I LOVED Garfield when I was a kid, so of course Lou Rawls is part of the soundtrack of my childhood. He did some fabulous holiday tunes. I want this one to be longer. Happy Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[48,281],"class_list":["post-11188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-holiday","tag-thanksgiviing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7812,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2017\/12\/15\/holiday-cooking\/","url_meta":{"origin":11188,"position":0},"title":"Holiday cooking","author":"leems","date":"December 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4876,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2013\/12\/25\/holiday-greetings-the-leems-bean\/","url_meta":{"origin":11188,"position":1},"title":"Holiday Greetings | The LeEMS Bean","author":"leems","date":"December 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Holiday Greetings | The LeEMS Bean.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":598,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2011\/12\/04\/in-the-holiday-spirit\/","url_meta":{"origin":11188,"position":2},"title":"In the Holiday Spirit","author":"leems","date":"December 4, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is my Christmas card this year, inspired by Krampus cards from Victorian times.\u00a0 I'm still reeling from having a started and completed novel project for November.\u00a0 But now there are comic pages to draw, and old projects to get back to.\u00a0 I intend to make good use of my\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/GrusVomKrampus2_55by8-206x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9866,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2021\/12\/19\/1905-when-cotton-was-the-most-flammable-holiday-costume-fabric\/","url_meta":{"origin":11188,"position":3},"title":"1905 when cotton was the most flammable holiday costume fabric","author":"leems","date":"December 19, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The Nebraska advertiser. 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