{"id":2259,"date":"2012-12-10T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T10:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2012\/12\/for-that-tough-to-buy-for-person-on-your-christmas-list.html"},"modified":"2012-12-10T10:13:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T10:13:00","slug":"for-that-tough-to-buy-for-person-on-your-christmas-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2012\/12\/for-that-tough-to-buy-for-person-on-your-christmas-list.html","title":{"rendered":"For that tough to buy for person on your Christmas list"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Vatican Radio is releasing a CD of Christmas music performed by\u00a0the\u00a0Swiss Guard entitled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.va\/en\/news\/swiss-guard-celebrates-christmas-on-a-musical-note\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Christmas with the Pontifical Swiss Guard<\/a>.\u201d \u00a0I love it when the Church can outdo the best SNL routines. \u00a0And yet, when you peal back the layers and read the story, I can\u2019t help but admit it actually looks quite interesting. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vatican Radio is releasing a CD of Christmas music performed by\u00a0the\u00a0Swiss Guard entitled \u201cChristmas with the Pontifical Swiss Guard.\u201d \u00a0I love it when the Church can outdo the best SNL routines. \u00a0And yet, when you peal back the layers and read the story, I can\u2019t help but admit it actually looks quite 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