{"id":496,"date":"2017-12-03T22:03:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T04:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcjournal.thegraphicgeek.com\/?p=496"},"modified":"2018-06-05T15:55:44","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T20:55:44","slug":"washington-park-shines-bright-after-festival-of-lights-kickoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-mcj\/washington-park-shines-bright-after-festival-of-lights-kickoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Park Shines Bright After Festival of Lights Kickoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MICHIGAN CITY &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>A line of cars drove slowly through the Washington Park streets taking in the twinkling of over five million Christmas lights that were lit at 6 p.m. Saturday night during the Washington Park Festival of Lights.<\/p>\n<p>The lights depicted various holiday scenes in bright colors such as Santa Claus riding off in his sleigh pulled by the beloved famous reindeer and other designs such as an outline of a 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