{"id":2481,"date":"2011-12-23T22:52:12","date_gmt":"2011-12-24T05:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/strivetoenter.com\/wim\/?p=2481"},"modified":"2016-09-21T16:45:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T23:45:29","slug":"merry-christmas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/2011\/12\/23\/merry-christmas-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas to all of my blog friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2480\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/2011\/12\/23\/merry-christmas-2\/wim-christmas\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/wim-christmas.jpg?fit=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,333\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"Women in Ministry blog by Cheryl Schatz Merry Christmas to all\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/wim-christmas.jpg?fit=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/wim-christmas.jpg?fit=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmoutreach.org\/wim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/wim-christmas.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"Women in Ministry blog by Cheryl Schatz Merry Christmas to all\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/wim-christmas.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/wim-christmas.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">A very Merry Christmas to all who visit my blog!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-attachment-id=\"2482\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/2011\/12\/23\/merry-christmas-2\/cheryl-christmas\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cheryl-christmas.jpg?fit=158%2C35&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"158,35\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"Cheryl Schatz -christmas\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cheryl-christmas.jpg?fit=158%2C35&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cheryl-christmas.jpg?fit=158%2C35&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2482\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmoutreach.org\/wim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cheryl-christmas.jpg?resize=158%2C35\" alt=\"Cheryl Schatz -christmas\" width=\"158\" height=\"35\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A very Merry Christmas to all who visit my blog!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.2.1 - 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