{"id":3722,"date":"2012-01-07T06:41:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-07T06:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=3722"},"modified":"2012-01-07T06:41:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-07T06:41:00","slug":"the-incredible-shrinking-wreath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=3722","title":{"rendered":"The Incredible Shrinking Wreath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340168e4afa4a7970c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DSC_5982 - Version 22011-12-26-shrinking-wreaths-Back-bay-Boston-\u00a9 2011 Penny Cherubino\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb888340168e4afa4a7970c\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340168e4afa4a7970c-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"DSC_5982 - Version 22011-12-26-shrinking-wreaths-Back-bay-Boston-\u00a9 2011 Penny Cherubino\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It would be wonderful if someone invented a holiday wreath that would begin large and gloriously full when put up in December, and right about now would begin to shrink. 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