{"id":23669,"date":"2023-12-24T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/?p=23669"},"modified":"2026-01-14T01:35:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T01:35:55","slug":"merry-christmas-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/2023\/12\/24\/merry-christmas-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Merry Christmas 2023 from GarfNet, in a cold, damp, wet and windy Old Blighty. Like last year, its all a tad dull and gloomy here and many folks here are not exactly brimming with festive cheer, this year. Nevertheless, merry Christmas anyway&#8230; \ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>About the picture<\/h2>\n<p>The photo is entitled &#8220;The easily LED geese of Kyoto&#8221; and actually has nothing whatsoever to do with Christmas. It was in fact taken in Kyoto, Japan, one wet rainy evening in April. It was a rather snazzy LED display outside a hotel. 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