{"id":2591,"date":"2013-12-20T07:16:18","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T14:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/?p=2591"},"modified":"2013-12-20T07:16:18","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T14:16:18","slug":"jim-gaffigan-explains-our-holiday-traditions-a-little-friday-funny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2013\/12\/jim-gaffigan-explains-our-holiday-traditions-a-little-friday-funny.html","title":{"rendered":"Jim Gaffigan Explains Our Holiday Traditions: A Little Friday Funny"},"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><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jim Gaffigan - Holiday Traditions - Beyond the Pale\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xJAxRVeKnTE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>If a drunk man planned our Christmas traditions, Gaffigan explains, we\u2019d end up pretty exactly where we are every year. 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