{"id":2754,"date":"2015-11-20T19:36:05","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T00:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=2754"},"modified":"2015-11-20T19:36:39","modified_gmt":"2015-11-21T00:36:39","slug":"your-daily-digest-fuck-you-if-you-dont-like-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=2754","title":{"rendered":"Your daily digest: Fuck you if you don&#8217;t like Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5ysfQjKKi70\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I had the pleasure of attending rehearsal \u00e2\u20ac\u201d as I&#8217;ve been contracted, like a disease, to provide sound design \u00e2\u20ac\u201d for Liz Shipe&#8217;s holiday play,\u00c2\u00a0<em>Upon a Midnight Clear: A Tale of Jack Frost<\/em>. 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