{"id":279,"date":"2017-05-20T19:41:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T19:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rogeryoungartist.co.uk\/?p=279"},"modified":"2019-06-10T19:30:03","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T19:30:03","slug":"three-days-before-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rogeryoungartist.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/05\/20\/three-days-before-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Days Before Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SOLD<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Oil on Canvas and Board\u00a0 (Original)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Size:\u00a0 35cm x 27cm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Unframed\u00a0 (Available Framed)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Price:\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> SOLD<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The brass bell and the wooden calendar depicted in this painting belonged to my late father and hold special and happy memories for me.\u00a0 I remember changing the date daily\u00a0on the calendar when I was a child and absolutely loved doing it.\u00a0 The other family members just left me to it.<\/p>\n<p>The brass bell, I was told, was an old school bell but whether this is true I do not know.\u00a0 My father&#8217;s hobby was buying and selling small antiques and bric-a-brac so he probably acquired both items that way.\u00a0 The date shown is very significant to me.<\/p>\n<p>The oranges were included to complement the overall warmth of the painting.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">This painting has now been SOLD.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rogeryoungartist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Three-Days-Before-Christmas-Framed.jpg?resize=548%2C449&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"548\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rogeryoungartist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Three-Days-Before-Christmas-Framed.jpg?w=548&amp;ssl=1 548w, 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