{"id":336061,"date":"2025-12-09T00:58:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T00:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/336061\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T00:58:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T00:58:21","slug":"silent-night-tradition-brings-quiet-costumes-and-court-storming-to-college-basketball-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/336061\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Silent Night\u2019 tradition brings quiet, costumes, and court-storming to college basketball game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IE 11 is not supported. 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