{"id":5303,"date":"2010-12-20T12:18:10","date_gmt":"2010-12-20T18:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/?p=5303"},"modified":"2011-05-03T16:56:54","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T16:56:54","slug":"put-the-death-back-in-merry-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesusneedsnewpr\/2010\/12\/put-the-death-back-in-merry-christmas.html","title":{"rendered":"Put the DEATH back in Merry Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/2010\/12\/tumblr_ldemswNlTG1qeug7do1_400.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5304\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/2010\/12\/tumblr_ldemswNlTG1qeug7do1_400.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"358\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After I found this picture of Jesus, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stufffundieslike.com\/\">I saw the following video on Stuff Fundies Like&#8230; <\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I was a kid, somebody sang this song EVERY Christmas&#8230; because celebrating the birth of Christ was not complete without celebrating the fact that he was destined to die! 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