{"id":4289,"date":"2005-12-22T09:57:52","date_gmt":"2005-12-22T13:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/12\/22\/a-little-more-christmas-aka-h"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:18","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:18","slug":"a-little-more-christmas-aka-holiday-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/12\/22\/a-little-more-christmas-aka-holiday-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"a little more Christmas (a\/k\/a Holiday) spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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