{"id":23575,"date":"2015-11-14T07:23:04","date_gmt":"2015-11-14T14:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/?p=23575"},"modified":"2015-11-14T07:23:04","modified_gmt":"2015-11-14T14:23:04","slug":"santa-express-rides-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/santa-express-rides-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Express Rides Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine the scene somewhere in small town America &#8212; it&#8217;s December, it&#8217;s cold, and the only <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> cheer in your tiny town are the few <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">lights<\/a> the town can afford to put out and it&#8217;s not much. 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