{"id":9261,"date":"2010-12-24T17:45:08","date_gmt":"2010-12-24T22:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=9261"},"modified":"2010-12-23T17:46:41","modified_gmt":"2010-12-23T22:46:41","slug":"merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2010\/12\/24\/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowman_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"573\" height=\"382\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowman_5.jpg 573w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowman_5-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re closing shop for all of next week, and so will the Daily. 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