{"id":10915,"date":"2020-12-28T01:32:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T06:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10915"},"modified":"2020-12-28T06:38:38","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T11:38:38","slug":"tbtbsanta-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10915","title":{"rendered":"#tbtbsanta 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First, a confession: My #tbtbsanta box arrived a month ago. I held off on opening it, first as a reward and later as a talisman, warding off bad seasonal events. <\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that I looked at the box every day. I considered opening it. And so I left it unopened &#8212; and my poor Santa probably wondering what in the world was the matter with me.<\/p>\n<p>But today, today I woke up and it was sunny. I realized I&#8217;d made it through both Thanksgiving and Christmas without breaking and I felt a little more like myself than I have since early October. And I knew it was time to open my box.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/50769734157\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"#tbtbsanta 2020\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50769734157_ea4c88ce5c_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" alt=\"#tbtbsanta 2020\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>My Santa, Jordan, didn&#8217;t know when she sent me the box that I was going to hold onto it like a life raft. But the box was filled with good, buoyant things that make me even gladder now that I&#8217;ve opened it.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/50768872698\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"#tbtbsanta 2020\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50768872698_2ebcdbf19c_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" alt=\"#tbtbsanta 2020\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Already, we&#8217;re off to a great start: I drink a ton of cocoa, so am super excited to have new varieties to try. I didn&#8217;t have a new ornament for this year, because I hadn&#8217;t gone anywhere to get one. And the card made me guffaw!<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/50769736562\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"#tbtbsanta 2020\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50769736562_4a14e5dc88_w.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"400\" alt=\"#tbtbsanta 2020\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I love purple. I love sparkles. I love nail polish. Put them all together and we have a winner!<\/p>\n<p>Okay, on to the packages! (For the record, I also have Peanuts Christmas wrapping paper&#8230;.)<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/50768875508\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"#tbtbsanta 2020\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50768875508_5d92cc059b_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" alt=\"#tbtbsanta 2020\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>First up, there is a fun tiny planter shaped like a Jane Austen bust so I can bring my gardening inside for the season.<\/p>\n<p>Second, there are two books I&#8217;ve been wanting to read, Ta-Nehisi Coates&#8217; well-received <em>The Water Dancer<\/em> and <em>Ten Blind Dates<\/em> by Ashley Elston, a Christmas-themed romance.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, there was a gift for Corey &#8212; a catnip-filled croissant:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rudiriet\/50769634706\/in\/feed-440334-1609132764-1-72157717579283228\" title=\"Corey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s croissant\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50769634706_befb94635d_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Corey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s croissant\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rudiriet\/50768889418\/in\/feed-440334-1609132764-1-72157717583293257\" title=\"Corey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s croissant\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50768889418_f1e5e9b5cb_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Corey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s croissant\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rudiriet\/50769634631\/in\/feed-440334-1609132765-1-72157717578681996\" title=\"Corey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s croissant\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50769634631_f2ae262a87_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Corey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s croissant\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rudiriet\/50768889463\/in\/feed-440334-1609132765-1-72157717578681996\/\" title=\"Corey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s croissant\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50768889463_a2a4d2cb0e_k.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Corey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s croissant\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Jordan, from both Corey and me. 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