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Go down the red petal carpeted road to the left, you get to Roy & Aleta’s house, straight ahead you can see Sam & Anna’s house, off to the right are the farm manager, Zweli’s, and Lynn & Gary’s house.\u00a0 \u00a0The flamboyant trees this year are stunning; with this bright red and green, who needs decorations?
\n\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>We want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!\u00a0 We hope and pray that you will find joy, not just in family and celebrations, but in the deep love of the Messiah.\u00a0 It is his coming to earth that we celebrate, it is his incredible gift of loving grace that we rejoice in!\u00a0 Blessings and hugs to the sky!!!<\/p>\n

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Go down the red petal carpeted road to the left, you get to Roy & Aleta’s house, straight ahead you can see Sam & Anna’s house, off to the right are the farm manager, Zweli’s, and Lynn & Gary’s house.\u00a0 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family"],"yoast_head":"\nMerry Christmas!! - Danforths' Days<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2018\/12\/24\/merry-christmas-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Merry Christmas!! 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