{"id":4151,"date":"2020-02-04T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=4151"},"modified":"2020-02-03T08:34:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T13:34:02","slug":"happy-mid-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/04\/happy-mid-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Mid-Winter!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Langa.com is on Winter Break. Meanwhile, feel free to check out the <em>thousands<\/em> of previous posts here. 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