{"id":304,"date":"2007-12-19T10:15:59","date_gmt":"2007-12-19T16:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/npt08.wordpress.com\/2007\/12\/19\/flaming-christmas-fireballs\/"},"modified":"2007-12-19T10:15:59","modified_gmt":"2007-12-19T16:15:59","slug":"flaming-christmas-fireballs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/2007\/12\/19\/flaming-christmas-fireballs\/","title":{"rendered":"FLAMING CHRISTMAS FIREBALLS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know that&#8217;s redundant, but it&#8217;s more accurate. This <strong>Thursday night, December 20<\/strong>, will be a stellar night of television on NPT. Yes, we have the premiere of the new NPT production <strong>CHRISTMAS AT BELMONT<\/strong> (2007) with host Melinda Doolittle at 8:00 p.m. It&#8217;s an advance look at the festive show from the Schermerhorn before the rest of the nation sees it on Christmas Eve. 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