{"id":1645,"date":"2023-01-03T19:52:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T19:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=1645"},"modified":"2023-01-03T19:52:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T19:52:29","slug":"amanda-head-southwest-airlines-ruined-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/opinion\/amanda-head-southwest-airlines-ruined-christmas\/ahead\/2023\/01\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Head: Southwest Airlines Ruined Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nobody expected Southwest Airlines to be the biggest grinch of all this Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a winter storm rolled through much of the United States grounding thousands of airline passengers over the Christmas holidays. 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