{"id":98,"date":"2008-09-29T22:24:02","date_gmt":"2008-09-29T22:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/?p=98"},"modified":"2008-09-29T22:24:02","modified_gmt":"2008-09-29T22:24:02","slug":"and_where_was_santa_today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2008\/09\/and_where_was_santa_today\/","title":{"rendered":"And where was Santa today?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s the over-under on the number of &#8220;The Sun has Set&#8221; headlines we&#8217;re going to see because of this? From the <i>USA Today <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/military\/2008-09-29-nysun_N.htm\">obituary<\/a><i> <\/i>for <i>The New York Sun<\/i>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Many readers also found its arts section sophisticated and accessible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Fair enough.<\/p>\n<p>This I appreciate:<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The old Sun was also known for its &#8220;Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa<br \/>\nClaus&#8221; column &#8212; its response to an 1897 letter from an 8-year-old girl<br \/>\nasking if there really was a Santa Claus.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My versions of Santa Clauses these days are the <a href=\"http:\/\/sohothedog.blogspot.com\/\">many<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sequenza21.com\/index.php\">talented<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/operachic.typepad.com\/\">bloggers<\/a> who will carry\/are carrying the torch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s the over-under on the number of &#8220;The Sun has Set&#8221; headlines we&#8217;re going to see because of this? From the USA Today obituary for The New York Sun: Many readers also found its arts section sophisticated and accessible. Fair enough. This I appreciate:&nbsp; The old Sun was also known for its &#8220;Yes, Virginia, there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-98","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}