{"id":3838,"date":"2013-12-09T23:39:16","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T04:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bismarck-mandan.com\/?p=3838"},"modified":"2013-12-09T23:39:16","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T04:39:16","slug":"introducing-the-2013-capitol-christmas-tree-its-real-and-its-spectacular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=3838","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the 2013 capitol Christmas tree &#8211; it&#8217;s real, and it&#8217;s spectacular"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bismarck-mandan.com\/images\/2013\/12\/capitol_tree_28771.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3839\" alt=\"capitol_tree_28771\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bismarck-mandan.com\/images\/2013\/12\/capitol_tree_28771.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2013\/12\/capitol_tree_28771.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2013\/12\/capitol_tree_28771-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2013\/12\/capitol_tree_28771-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Straight from Wisconsin, this beautiful specimen was lit tonight at a ceremony featuring local musicians, some Bible readings, and even some audience participation as we sung a couple of songs as well.\u00a0 It&#8217;ll be up through December 31st and is adorned with ornaments made by ordinary folks and submitted through the North Dakota Council on the Arts.<\/p>\n<p>It was a relief to see that there&#8217;s still a real tree in the Memorial Hall of the capitol this year; due to the potential fire hazard of an actual tree there&#8217;s mounting concern that may put an end to this tradition in favor of an artificial, non-flammable tree.\u00a0 That&#8217;ll be a sad day when it happens, but I understand that North Dakota doesn&#8217;t want to be known for burning down <strong>two<\/strong> capitol buildings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Straight from Wisconsin, this beautiful specimen was lit tonight at a ceremony featuring local musicians, some Bible readings, and even some audience participation as we sung a couple of songs as well.\u00a0 It&#8217;ll be up through December 31st and is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=3838\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-holidays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3838"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3841,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3838\/revisions\/3841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}