{"id":3710,"date":"2010-03-09T10:48:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T18:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.santaclausfun.com\/blog\/3710\/six-inch-blizzard\/"},"modified":"2013-12-14T10:53:49","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T18:53:49","slug":"six-inch-blizzard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/christmas\/3710\/six-inch-blizzard\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Inch Blizzard!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8557\" alt=\"Snow\" src=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/christmas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Snow-e1387047154235.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One winter, when I was a little kid living in North Carolina, there was a snowstorm. Since my family had only recently moved there from Louisiana, this was the first time I&#8217;d seen snow, and being a little kid, I was entirely fascinated by the drifting white blanket over our lawn. 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