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<\/h1>\n<\/h1>\nWhen these folks decorate, they DECORATE – I can only imagine what the inside of their home looks like!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When these folks decorate, they DECORATE – I can only imagine what the inside of their home looks like!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,104],"tags":[5527,105],"class_list":["post-39681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-philadelphia","tag-christmas-decorating","tag-south-philly"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-ak1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21460,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/12\/27\/over-it-already\/","url_meta":{"origin":39681,"position":0},"title":"Over It Already?","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"December 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I spotted this yesterday, the day after Christmas, on Washington Avenue. 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