{"id":11576,"date":"2015-12-31T00:01:10","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T05:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11576"},"modified":"2016-01-25T17:22:28","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T22:22:28","slug":"out-with-the-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11576","title":{"rendered":"Out with the old&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/father-time.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-11578\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/father-time.jpg\" alt=\"out with the old\" width=\"355\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/father-time.jpg 671w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/father-time-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/father-time-578x1024.jpg 578w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Out with the old&#8230;<\/h1>\n<p>Another year has come and gone. Where did the time go? It doesn&#8217;t seem possible that 365 days have passed since 31st December 2014. But they have. Wow!<\/p>\n<p>Any resolutions for 2016?<\/p>\n<p>Does your city, town or village do anything to send off the old year? If you live in or near Edinburgh, they put on a fantastic night of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edinburghshogmanay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">entertainment<\/a>\/. And yes, the Scots call New Year&#8217;s Eve <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hogmanay\" target=\"_blank\">Hogmanay<\/a>. That&#8217;s a fun word. Hogmanay.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/acxnmaVTlZA\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Out with the old&#8230; Another year has come and gone. Where did the time go? It doesn&#8217;t seem possible that 365 days have passed since 31st December 2014. But they have. Wow! Any resolutions for 2016? Does your city, town or village do anything to send off the old year? 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