{"id":16157,"date":"2016-12-22T07:30:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T12:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=16157"},"modified":"2016-12-21T09:02:38","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T14:02:38","slug":"santa-claus-came-to-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/santa-claus-came-to-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Claus Came to Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Santa-In-GRabill.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16160\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Santa-In-GRabill.jpg?resize=666%2C637\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"637\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Santa Claus rode into Grabill on Saturday, December 17 on the back of the old Fire Department Truck. 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