{"id":9123,"date":"2018-12-24T08:45:06","date_gmt":"2018-12-24T14:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asliceoforange.net\/?p=9123"},"modified":"2018-12-24T08:47:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-24T14:47:24","slug":"twas-the-night-before-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asliceoforange.net\/twas-the-night-before-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Twas the Night Before Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/a-happy-holiday.png?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/a-happy-holiday.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/a-happy-holiday.png?resize=70%2C39&amp;ssl=1 70w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/a-happy-holiday.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/a-happy-holiday.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/a-happy-holiday.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/a-happy-holiday.png?resize=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/a-happy-holiday.png?resize=711%2C400&amp;ssl=1 711w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/a-happy-holiday.png?resize=1170%2C658&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/a-happy-holiday.png?resize=571%2C321&amp;ssl=1 571w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/a-happy-holiday.png?resize=371%2C209&amp;ssl=1 371w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/a-happy-holiday.png?resize=271%2C152&amp;ssl=1 271w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For your Christmas Eve listening pleasure a selection of readings of The Night Before Christmas.  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