{"id":10845,"date":"2020-12-09T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10845"},"modified":"2020-12-09T04:52:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T09:52:45","slug":"virtual-advent-tour-2020-day-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10845","title":{"rendered":"virtual advent tour 2020: day 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020VAT400px.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020VAT400px.jpeg\" alt=\"2020 Virtual Advent Tour blog button\" width=\"400\" height=\"260\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020VAT400px.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020VAT400px-300x195.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Season&#8217;s greetings to you and yours! Welcome to Day 9 of the Virtual Advent Tour!<\/p>\n<p>Christmas in the Burrow is starting to take shape. There&#8217;s a tree in my living room (albeit, still without lights or ornaments, although they are out). Fairy lights surround the perimeter of the room, casting a pink glow on everything, and more are in jars that start turning on just as the sun is going down. There are bags of gifts that need sorting, wrapping, and shipping (I predict this is where my downfall will come.), and cards and stationery supplies are in piles on and near the coffee table. I have extra bags of sugar and flour and two dozen eggs in the fridge, and I bought some new containers of Christmas sprinkles. Now I just need to track down the hardest thing to find at Christmas &#8212; time.<\/p>\n<p>Behind our ninth door, we return to <a href=\"https:\/\/readerbuzz.blogspot.com\/2020\/12\/the-2020-virtual-advent-tour-christmas.html\">Deb Nance at Readerbuzz<\/a> for some caroling from afar.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great day, and I&#8217;ll see you back here tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Season&#8217;s greetings to you and yours! Welcome to Day 9 of the Virtual Advent Tour! Christmas in the Burrow is starting to take shape. There&#8217;s a tree in my living room (albeit, still without lights or ornaments, although they are out). 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