{"id":10107,"date":"2018-12-16T06:09:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T13:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10107"},"modified":"2018-12-15T18:09:50","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T01:09:50","slug":"io-saturnalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10107","title":{"rendered":"Io Saturnalia!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/starbucks-io-saturnalia.jpg?resize=565%2C549&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10108\" width=\"565\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/starbucks-io-saturnalia.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/starbucks-io-saturnalia.jpg?resize=150%2C146&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/starbucks-io-saturnalia.jpg?resize=300%2C291&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/starbucks-io-saturnalia.jpg?resize=768%2C746&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/starbucks-io-saturnalia.jpg?resize=309%2C300&amp;ssl=1 309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[200,356,43],"class_list":["post-10107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-humor","tag-saturnalia","tag-yule"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-2D1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1274,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1274","url_meta":{"origin":10107,"position":0},"title":"IO SATVRNALIA","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"December 24, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Return of the Sun, miraculous menorahs (officially over, yes), Baby Jesus\u2014it's all good.Did you make your reservation at Kentucky Fried Chicken yet?And Io, Saturnalia!(graphic lifted from another Pagan blogger)","rel":"","context":"In \"Yule\"","block_context":{"text":"Yule","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=yule"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chasclifton.com\/uploaded_images\/saturnalia-766380.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6935,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6935","url_meta":{"origin":10107,"position":1},"title":"Saturnalia with the Romans","author":"Chas S. 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