{"id":931,"date":"2009-01-01T15:09:53","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T05:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=931"},"modified":"2009-01-01T15:09:53","modified_gmt":"2009-01-01T05:09:53","slug":"a-very-happy-new-year-to-all-our-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/christmas-in-europe\/a-very-happy-new-year-to-all-our-readers","title":{"rendered":"A Very Happy New Year to all our readers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>After all the usual frantic running around for last minute presents, missing ingredients for Christmas dinner and final touches for your home decorations, we hope that you finally had time to wind down and enjoy the festive season with family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>We were cruising the Norwegian fjiords at Christmas and got to learn some of the Norwegian Christmas traditions.\u00a0 Christmas in Norway is still very much a time for the\u00a0family to get together rather than the boozy party versions that we tend to see these days.\u00a0 More about this later when Tony resurfaces from his thousands of emails and finds time to load the photos from our Norwegian coastal voyage.<\/p>\n<p>Now, on to the New Year and we would like to wish all our readers a Very Happy and Safe New Year.\u00a0 We hope 2009 brings you lots of memorable travel experiences, adventures\u00a0and moments that you&#8217;ll always cherish.<\/p>\n<p>Best Wishes,<br \/>\nHelen &amp; Tony<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  \" title=\"New Years Eve 2008\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/images\/fireworks_newyear2009_588.jpg?resize=580%2C420\" alt=\"New Years Eve 2008\" width=\"580\" height=\"420\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Year&#39;s Eve 2008<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After all the usual frantic running around for last minute presents, missing ingredients for Christmas dinner and final touches for your home decorations, we hope that you finally had time to wind down and enjoy the festive season with family and friends. 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