{
    "Author": "Gina Roberts-Grey",
    "Direction": null,
    "Excerpt": "Graduation parties are a great way to commemorate the years of hard work teens and college co-eds devote to education. They’re also costly for mom and dad.The average cost of a graduation party in 2013 was a whopping $1,200, according to Graduationparty.com; $700 of that was allocated for food. However that budget was based on Midwestern...",
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    "Title": "How to Throw a Graduation Party on a Budget | eHow",
    "SiteName": "eHow"
}