{"id":5514,"date":"2010-12-28T07:25:26","date_gmt":"2010-12-28T12:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/?p=5514"},"modified":"2010-12-28T07:25:26","modified_gmt":"2010-12-28T12:25:26","slug":"how-was-your-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/28\/how-was-your-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"How was your Christmas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had a wonderful Christmas. My son got almost everything he wanted and I was home from work for 8 blessed days. Seriously, who can top that? I did take some time to read and discovered a new author who writes <strong>Harlequin Presents Extra<\/strong> by the name of <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.miralynkelly.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mira Lyn Kelly<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. 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