{"id":9,"date":"2005-12-02T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2005\/12\/the-kitschiest-kristmas.html"},"modified":"2005-12-02T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-02T12:00:00","slug":"the-kitschiest-kristmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2005\/12\/the-kitschiest-kristmas.html","title":{"rendered":"The Kitschiest Kristmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p>Ah, Yuletide. Time to break out the Precious Moments Nativity set&#8230;ack! It is broken? Who could destroy such a thing of beauty?<\/p>\n<p>Never fear. There are plenty of ultratacky manger scenes out there, just waiting for you to buy them&#8211;or create them out of s&#8217;mores ingredients. 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