{"id":1392,"date":"2010-12-08T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2010-12-08T15:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2010-12-08T09:00:28","modified_gmt":"2010-12-08T15:00:28","slug":"escaped-reindeer-invades-elf-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/zackhunt\/2010\/12\/escaped-reindeer-invades-elf-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Escaped Reindeer Invades Elf House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

That crazy Rudolph is at it again!!<\/p>\n

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Escaped Reindeer Found Hiding Under Elf House<\/h1>\n
LAKELAND, Fla. \u2014 <\/strong>A reindeer escaped from a\u00a0nativity scene in Lakeland, but was later caught hiding under an elf house, police said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
While the story sounds like a Christmas tale, police say it\u2019s true. A caller to police early Tuesday morning said the reindeer had escaped from the nativity scene at Highland Park Church of the Nazarene on Lake Highlands Road.<\/p>\n
Church personnel responded to the area where the reindeer, appropriately named Rudy (short for Rudolph, of course), was seen running loose. They chased the deer around the property before finding Rudy hiding under the \u201celf house,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n
Continue reading\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n
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If you\u2019re looking for a scriptural basis for having Rudolph and an elf house as part of the nativity scene, I believe you will find it in\u00a0The Message: For Kids<\/em>.<\/p>\n
Special thanks to my uncle Steve, the current children\u2019s pastor at Highland Park Church of the Nazarene, for passing on this story.<\/p>\n
UPDATE<\/strong>: Here\u2019s the video<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
That crazy Rudolph is at it again!! Escaped Reindeer Found Hiding Under Elf House LAKELAND, Fla. \u2014 A reindeer escaped from a\u00a0nativity scene in Lakeland, but was later caught hiding under an elf house, police said Tuesday. While the story sounds like a Christmas tale, police say it\u2019s true. A caller to police early Tuesday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3437,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[488,491,494,497,500,503,14,506],"class_list":["post-1392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-elf-house","tag-escaped-reindeer","tag-funny-story","tag-highland-park-church-of-the-nazarene","tag-lakeland-fl","tag-nativity-scene","tag-news","tag-rudolph"],"yoast_head":"\nEscaped Reindeer Invades Elf House<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"That crazy Rudolph is at it again!! 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