{"id":59697,"date":"2018-12-17T05:52:03","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T10:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=59697"},"modified":"2019-01-15T08:58:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T13:58:00","slug":"our-town-with-grant-nickalls-creepy-christmas-elves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/our-town-with-grant-nickalls-creepy-christmas-elves\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Town with Grant Nickalls: Creepy Christmas elves and other holiday traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Each week, Huntsville&#8217;s own Grant Nickalls will inspire us, entertain us, make us laugh or perhaps cry, but always he will remind us why Huntsville is the best place on earth to call home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This week in Our Town, Elf on the Shelf has nothing on these old dolls that make an appearance every year in Grant&#8217;s house. What are some of your holiday traditions?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-2rIesBN1s4?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Want more of Our Town with Grant Nickalls? <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/category\/ourtown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to check out past videos<\/a><\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don&#8217;t miss out on Doppler! 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