{"id":7389,"date":"2016-11-10T16:36:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T00:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/?p=7389"},"modified":"2023-03-06T17:59:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T01:59:54","slug":"get-creative-with-coding-this-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/get-creative-with-coding-this-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Creative with Coding this Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Get Creative with Coding this Thanksgiving<\/h1>\n<p>As you sit down to your Thanksgiving dinner, do you think about all the work that goes into making that meal? 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