{"id":4893,"date":"2009-12-26T04:17:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-26T04:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/68.169.38.31\/?p=4893"},"modified":"2009-12-26T04:17:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-26T04:17:00","slug":"merry-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormogons.com\/index.php\/2009\/12\/merry-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From all of us at the Castle to you, have a very happy and rewarding Christmas.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5iwg8_R6iPU\/SzLraN1oJyI\/AAAAAAAAAIo\/kc0uRbUEc5o\/s1600-h\/puterclaus.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 283px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418652137303844642\" title=\"Don't mind that; that's just a carrot for Rudolph.\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5iwg8_R6iPU\/SzLraN1oJyI\/AAAAAAAAAIo\/kc0uRbUEc5o\/s400\/puterclaus.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, this file photo from 1985 shows why we no longer have parties at the Castle open to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From all of us at the Castle to you, have a very happy and rewarding Christmas. 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