{"id":1622,"date":"2012-12-25T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=1622"},"modified":"2023-08-05T11:55:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T10:55:36","slug":"the-first-day-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2012\/12\/the-first-day-of-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Day of Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2012\/12\/the-first-day-of-christmas\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><div><em>On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me &#8230;<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>Some houses from a far-off country.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1717\" 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\/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>2mm Scale Mediterranean-style buildings, including church, hotel and traditional <em>moulin<\/em>\u00a0for our Land Ironclads range; scheduled for release sometime in February.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thus begins the 12 days of Brigade Christmas &#8230; something new every day. Keep checking back for updates.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Merry Xmas from everyone at Brigade Models.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me &#8230; Some houses from a far-off country. 2mm Scale Mediterranean-style buildings, including church, hotel and traditional moulin\u00a0for our Land Ironclads range; scheduled for release sometime in February. Thus &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2012\/12\/the-first-day-of-christmas\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,14,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-land-ironclads","category-previews","category-small-scale-scenery"],"views":3350,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/100_3700.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-qa","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1624,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2012\/12\/on-the-second-day-of-christmas\/","url_meta":{"origin":1622,"position":0},"title":"On the Second Day of Christmas","author":"Tony","date":"December 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me ... 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