{"id":15257,"date":"2015-11-18T13:45:11","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T19:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=15257"},"modified":"2015-11-18T13:45:11","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T19:45:11","slug":"spruce-up-the-house-for-florissants-christmas-house-decorating-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=15257","title":{"rendered":"Spruce Up the House for Florissant\u2019s Christmas House Decorating Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_15258\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15258\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gittemeier-house-with-wreaths.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15258\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gittemeier-house-with-wreaths-300x194.jpg?resize=300%2C194\" alt=\"Gettemeier House decorated for Christmas\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gettemeier House decorated for Christmas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Florissant residents are invited to decorate their houses and pick up a free application for the Christmas House Decorating Contest. Beginning Nov. 23, applications can be obtained at the James J. Eagan Center, JFK Community Center and Florissant City Hall.<\/p>\n<p>The Florissant Parks and Recreation Department will award prizes to the best decorated homes, including a temporary yard sign to acknowledge the first-, second- and third-place winners. The city will remove the signs within one week.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline to apply is Monday Dec. 14, at 5 p.m. Judging will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 16.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florissant residents are invited to decorate their houses and pick up a free application for the Christmas House Decorating Contest. Beginning Nov. 23, applications can be obtained at the James J. Eagan Center, JFK Community Center and Florissant City Hall. 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