{"id":680,"date":"2015-12-07T04:16:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T04:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathleensmith.org\/wp\/?p=680"},"modified":"2015-12-07T14:54:41","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T14:54:41","slug":"christmas-decorations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kathleensmith.org\/wp\/2015\/12\/07\/christmas-decorations\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Decorations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of year again, Christmas! Christmas means decorating the house! Okay technically Christmas doesn&#8217;t mean decorating the house, but it is one of the things I love to do at Christmas time.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not the best there is when it comes to decorating the house for Christmas, but I have fun doing it. In my opinion that&#8217;s what counts, having fun. I personally like keeping the Christmas decorations simple inside the house. Some lights around the banister. A little somethings around the front door or a closet door. 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