{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Ole Miss News","provider_url":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress","title":"Books and Bears Bids Farewell to Its Father Christmas - Ole Miss News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"VMyZA71Odl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/books-bears-bids-farewell-father-christmas\/\">Books and Bears Bids Farewell to Its Father Christmas<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/books-bears-bids-farewell-father-christmas\/embed\/#?secret=VMyZA71Odl\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Books and Bears Bids Farewell to Its Father Christmas&#8221; &#8212; Ole Miss News\" data-secret=\"VMyZA71Odl\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 Twenty-one years ago, Donald Cole volunteered to emcee the first Books and Bears program at the University of Mississippi. Each second Friday in December since, the associate provost and associate professor of mathematics has been &#8220;Father Christmas&#8221; to Facilities Management Department employees gathered to collect free gifts for their children and grandchildren.Read the story &#x2026;","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SMW0053-BJ-web-2048x1150.jpg"}