{"id":1262,"date":"2006-12-25T09:47:39","date_gmt":"2006-12-25T14:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/happy-holiday\/"},"modified":"2006-12-25T09:48:29","modified_gmt":"2006-12-25T14:48:29","slug":"happy-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/happy-holiday","title":{"rendered":"Happy Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have a great Christmas, dear gentile readers! I don’t know why you’re on the internet on Christmas, instead of in the family room, ripping through the gift-wrap on your presents, but that’s your<\/em> problem.<\/p>\n

Amy’s busy putting together a drum-kit for her godson, so his parents will hate us forever. I’ll go give her a hand in a minute.<\/p>\n

If you still don’t wanna join your family for a few minutes, read some of the curiously touching Christmas memories Tom Spurgeon posted in “Wallowing In Nostalgia Chapter 146”<\/a>. And have a good holiday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have a great Christmas, dear gentile readers! I don’t know why you’re on the internet on Christmas, instead of in the family room, ripping through the gift-wrap on your presents, but that’s your problem. Amy’s busy putting together a drum-kit for her godson, so his parents will hate us forever. I’ll go give her a … <\/p>\n

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