{"id":12127,"date":"2025-11-21T07:37:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T07:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/christmas-festival-2025-friday\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T07:37:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T07:37:49","slug":"christmas-festival-2025-friday","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/christmas-festival-2025-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Festival 2025\u2014 Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"em em-view-container\" id=\"em-view-1327256963\" data-view=\"event\">\r\n\t<div class=\"em pixelbones em-item em-item-single em-event em-event-single em-event-256 \" id=\"em-event-1327256963\" data-view-id=\"1327256963\">\r\n\t\t\n<section class=\"em-item-header\"  style=\"--default-border:#a8d144;\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"em-item-image \">\n\t\t<img src='https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Christmas-Festival-2025\u2014-Friday.png' alt='Christmas Festival 2025\u2014 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