{"id":4341,"date":"2014-12-08T20:01:53","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T01:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=4341"},"modified":"2014-12-10T21:52:27","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T02:52:27","slug":"ta-da-this-years-christmas-tree-adorns-memorial-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=4341","title":{"rendered":"Ta da!  This year&#8217;s Christmas Tree adorns Memorial Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/12\/capitol_tree_32392.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/12\/capitol_tree_32392.jpg\" alt=\"capitol_tree_32392\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/12\/capitol_tree_32392.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/12\/capitol_tree_32392-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/12\/capitol_tree_32392-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a>Isn&#8217;t she lovely?\u00a0 This is the 2014 Christmas tree in the Memorial Hall of the North Dakota state capitol.\u00a0 The ceremony, as usual, was wonderful and a highlight of my year.\u00a0 There were Christmas carols, Bible verses, and of course cookies and cider.<\/p>\n<p>In conjunction with this festive occasion, the capitol windows once again display a Christmas tree shape in green and red.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t stop for photos of that, but I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll take advantage of the opportunity soon.<\/p>\n<p>Amid continued rumors that fire code keeps threatening the possibility of switching to an artificial tree, I was pleased to find that we have a real <del>Douglas<\/del> Balsam Fir again this year.\u00a0 Both the governor and lieutenant governor have told me that they&#8217;re resolved to keep a real tree part of the tradition.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, and I didn&#8217;t know this until just now, the tree&#8217;s arrival was actually delayed by a day.\u00a0 I was otherwise engaged last Monday and was unable to hang around awaiting its arrival.\u00a0 I guess the weather was so cold that the temperature change from bringing itside could have damaged the tree and caused it to shed many of its needles.\u00a0 Thankfully, it&#8217;s here and looking healthy.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, how I love this season!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isn&#8217;t she lovely?\u00a0 This is the 2014 Christmas tree in the Memorial Hall of the North Dakota state capitol.\u00a0 The ceremony, as usual, was wonderful and a highlight of my year.\u00a0 There were Christmas carols, Bible verses, and of course &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=4341\">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-4341","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\/4341","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=4341"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4351,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4341\/revisions\/4351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}