{"id":68,"date":"2011-12-23T03:18:48","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T03:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/christmas-blog\/?p=68"},"modified":"2021-12-25T11:52:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-25T17:52:20","slug":"the-anti-claus-cometh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/christmas-blog\/the-anti-claus-cometh\/","title":{"rendered":"The Anti-Claus Cometh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/christmas-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/anti-clausBG.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3929\" src=\"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/christmas-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/anti-clausBG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mysticinvestigations.com\/christmas-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/anti-clausBG.jpg 666w, 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