{"id":1833,"date":"2009-12-16T10:25:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/12\/merry-christmas-from-the-doctor\/"},"modified":"2009-12-16T10:25:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-16T10:25:00","slug":"merry-christmas-from-the-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/12\/merry-christmas-from-the-doctor.html","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas from the Doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

You see, no wimpy \u201chappy holidays\u201d from our favorite time lord\u2026 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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