{"id":545,"date":"2019-12-24T20:58:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T20:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nethergatewriters.org\/?p=545"},"modified":"2021-03-13T14:42:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T14:42:16","slug":"christmas-wishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/?p=545","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Wishes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nethergatewriters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/65-655215_santas-sleigh-printed-unique-silhouette-santa-sleigh-png-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-546\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nethergatewriters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/65-655215_santas-sleigh-printed-unique-silhouette-santa-sleigh-png-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/65-655215_santas-sleigh-printed-unique-silhouette-santa-sleigh-png-2.png 920w, https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/65-655215_santas-sleigh-printed-unique-silhouette-santa-sleigh-png-2-600x196.png 600w, https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/65-655215_santas-sleigh-printed-unique-silhouette-santa-sleigh-png-2-300x98.png 300w, https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/65-655215_santas-sleigh-printed-unique-silhouette-santa-sleigh-png-2-768x251.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2018Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8216;A Visit from St Nicholas&#8217; by Clement Clarke Moore<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Compliments of the season to one and all, from the Nethergate Writers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle. 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