{"id":4370,"date":"2014-12-31T08:30:34","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T13:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=4370"},"modified":"2014-12-31T08:30:34","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T13:30:34","slug":"how-to-tell-its-still-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=4370","title":{"rendered":"How to tell it&#8217;s still Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/12\/chmielewskis_32517.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/12\/chmielewskis_32517.jpg\" alt=\"chmielewskis_32517\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/12\/chmielewskis_32517.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/12\/chmielewskis_32517-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/12\/chmielewskis_32517-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>It wouldn&#8217;t be Christmas without a photo of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Chmielewskis-Christmas-Corner-Bismarck-ND\/245893922137187\" target=\"_blank\">Chmielewski&#8217;s Christmas Corner<\/a>.\u00a0 I went by last night to grab a photo or two, and it was magnificent.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t have to wait for traffic, either!<\/p>\n<p>One other display you should check out, which I didn&#8217;t photograph, is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Holiday-Lights-4-U\/166896133342281\" target=\"_blank\">Holiday Lights 4 U<\/a> display on Columbine Drive.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not going to ruin the surprise, but there is an element of this display that I haven&#8217;t seen anywhere else, and which will blow your mind the first time you see it.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re a kid, it&#8217;ll be especially cool.\u00a0 That display should be up through the weekend, too.<\/p>\n<p>I still have the Christmas lights and tree up in my studio at work, and the Christmas songs play on repeat.\u00a0 I suppose I&#8217;ll take them down next week when I return to work, but for now I&#8217;m keeping the spirit of the season alive and well.<\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It wouldn&#8217;t be Christmas without a photo of the Chmielewski&#8217;s Christmas Corner.\u00a0 I went by last night to grab a photo or two, and it was magnificent.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t have to wait for traffic, either! One other display you should &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=4370\">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":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holidays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4370","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=4370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4371,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4370\/revisions\/4371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}