{"id":8362,"date":"2010-11-29T17:02:05","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T22:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=8362"},"modified":"2010-11-29T17:02:05","modified_gmt":"2010-11-29T22:02:05","slug":"all-your-christmas-problems%e2%80%94solved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2010\/11\/29\/all-your-christmas-problems%e2%80%94solved\/","title":{"rendered":"All Your Christmas Problems\u2014Solved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/store.theparisreview.org\/products\/holiday-gift-set\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Holiday-Card-18-November-2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Holiday Gift Set\" width=\"573\" height=\"409\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Holiday-Card-18-November-2010.jpg 573w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Holiday-Card-18-November-2010-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We just came up with a <span class=\"annotation\">brilliant idea<\/span>, if we do say so ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time ever, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/store.theparisreview.org\/products\/holiday-gift-set\">give<\/a> our winter issue\u2014plus a year\u2019s subscription and a sexy new <em>Paris Review<\/em> T-shirt\u2014<em>in time for Christmas<\/em>. 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