{"id":394,"date":"2008-12-24T06:04:55","date_gmt":"2008-12-24T14:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/publishingblog\/?p=394"},"modified":"2008-12-24T06:04:55","modified_gmt":"2008-12-24T14:04:55","slug":"merry-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/publishingblog\/?p=394","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Christmas Eve 2008. I hope your heart is filled with joy as you anticipate a visit from the \u201cBig Guy.\u201d May he bring you whatever your heart desires. My most fervent wish, however, is that you spend time this week sharing and laughing with those you love. This is a wonderful time to renew and even mend relationships. So turn off the cell phone (except for that call to those who couldn\u2019t travel to be with you), step away from the computer and genuinely <em><strong>be<\/strong><\/em> with your family and treasured friends. <\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas,<br \/>\nPatricia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Christmas Eve 2008. I hope your heart is filled with joy as you anticipate a visit from the \u201cBig Guy.\u201d May he bring you whatever your heart desires. My most fervent wish, however, is that you spend time this week sharing and laughing with those you love. This is a wonderful time to renew [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It\u2019s Christmas Eve 2008. 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