{"id":273,"date":"2014-12-21T21:39:58","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T05:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/cheryl\/?p=273"},"modified":"2014-12-21T21:43:07","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T05:43:07","slug":"merry-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/cheryl\/merry-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"274\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/cheryl\/merry-christmas\/christmas2014\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmoutreach.org\/cheryl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/christmas2014.jpg?fit=700%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,394\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Christmas 2014\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmoutreach.org\/cheryl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/christmas2014.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmoutreach.org\/cheryl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/christmas2014.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmoutreach.org\/cheryl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/christmas2014.jpg?resize=640%2C360\" alt=\"Christmas 2014 On the Path blog by Cheryl Schatz\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmoutreach.org\/cheryl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/christmas2014.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmoutreach.org\/cheryl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/christmas2014.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas dear family and friends. 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