{"id":11104,"date":"2014-12-31T09:59:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T16:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettiesworld.com\/?p=11104"},"modified":"2017-06-28T21:20:20","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T04:20:20","slug":"celebrations-of-december-christmas-eve-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?p=11104","title":{"rendered":"Celebrations of December: Christmas Eve Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141223_113643_2web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-11106\" src=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141223_113643_2web-993x800.jpg\" alt=\"20141223_113643_2web\" width=\"640\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141223_113643_2web-993x800.jpg 993w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141223_113643_2web-223x180.jpg 223w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141223_113643_2web-496x400.jpg 496w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141223_113643_2web.jpg 1117w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/?p=11067\">previous post<\/a><\/strong> covered most of the events in early December. 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