{"id":915586,"date":"2013-02-11T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brentblack.com\/cart\/?p=915586"},"modified":"2023-12-27T13:23:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T13:23:42","slug":"christmas-in-pile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stage.brentblack.com\/cart\/2013\/02\/11\/christmas-in-pile\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in Pile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Andrea reported this from Ecuador around Christmas, and I haven\u2019t had a chance to post it until now:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Complete success on Christmas in Pile. Maria and Simon were near tears over Carlos\u2019 commissions; they are tired of their son working night shifts. Carmen could not even speak! She plans to buy a washing machine. She and her kids hugged each other, and all of them gave thanks for you. Patricia and Fausto send you their best wishes. 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