{"id":3888,"date":"2015-12-13T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-13T14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/?p=3888"},"modified":"2015-12-13T09:00:05","modified_gmt":"2015-12-13T14:00:05","slug":"christmas-in-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/christmas-in-the-city\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you are reading this, I will be away in China. I will have escaped the overload of Christmas frenzy. I personally think that Christmas is the most boring time of the year, as its marketing calendar is extended for two months. They start marketing it right after Halloween and I feel it’s too much to have Christmas being promoted for this long. Regardless, Christmas time in the city can be a beautiful event as night. \u00a0The lights certainly help liven things up as the days become shorter.<\/p>\n

#Christmas #windows #HoltRenfrew #brightlights #magical #Toronto #fashion<\/p>\n

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As you are reading this, I will be away in China. I will have escaped the overload of Christmas frenzy. I personally think that Christmas is the most boring time of the year, as its marketing calendar is extended for two months. They start marketing it right after Halloween and I feel it’s too much […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":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":""},"categories":[16,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography","category-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4126,"url":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/christmas-at-allan-gardens\/","url_meta":{"origin":3888,"position":0},"title":"CHRISTMAS AT ALLAN GARDENS","author":"Andrea Mai","date":"December 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I only got a sneak peek of the Christmas show at\u00a0Allan Gardens, just a taste of it was enough to leave me with a good impression. 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