{"id":602,"date":"2008-11-05T14:31:33","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T18:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becomingblog.wpengine.com\/?p=602"},"modified":"2024-03-13T10:12:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T17:12:24","slug":"the-most-important-gift-catalog-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/the-most-important-gift-catalog-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"the most important gift catalog in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-603\" title=\"heiferlogo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/heiferlogo-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/heiferlogo-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/heiferlogo-1200x755.jpg 1200w, 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