{"id":129252,"date":"2015-12-24T10:50:45","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T17:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/24\/a-merry-christmas-european-edition.html"},"modified":"2015-12-25T13:12:55","modified_gmt":"2015-12-25T20:12:55","slug":"a-merry-christmas-european-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/24\/a-merry-christmas-european-edition.html","title":{"rendered":"A Merry Christmas (European Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Language is fun!<\/p>\n<p>(Though the etymological relatedness is more about the phrase itself than the actual relatedness of the language.)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Tiger Law<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Merry Christmas in European languages<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/116570597784626887840\/albums\/6231708630260471793\/6231708636810356866'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-FngM6Kta0fQ\/Vnt5_PjQqII\/AAAAAAAH59k\/9Yy_c7tvlz8\/MdgYg2p.jpg?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/fDpZDPxk8Lp'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Language is fun! 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