{"id":12506,"date":"2022-12-05T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12506"},"modified":"2022-12-05T04:34:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T09:34:26","slug":"virtual-advent-tour-2022-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12506","title":{"rendered":"virtual advent tour 2022: day 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/VAT2022.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/VAT2022.jpg\" alt=\"Virtual Advent Tour 2022\" width=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/VAT2022.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/VAT2022-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/VAT2022-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to the fifth day of the Virtual Advent Tour.<\/p>\n<p>Every year, in the first week after Thanksgiving, I head downtown to Macy&#8217;s to check out their holiday windows. Some years, they are amazing and other years, they&#8217;re &#8230; a little less wondrous.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/52544421723\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"IMG_0612\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52544421723_5e2bab5bb3.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"IMG_0612\"><\/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\/spriteshoots\/52543872931\/in\/photostream\/lightbox\/\" title=\"IMG_0611\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52543872931_a47d093613.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"IMG_0611\"><\/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\/spriteshoots\/52543411102\/in\/photostream\/lightbox\/\" title=\"IMG_0605\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52543411102_0c52a198f9.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"IMG_0605\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This year falls into the latter category with an apparent tie-in with the Toys-R-Us brand. The toy store giant faded this millennium, ultimately declaring bankruptcy five years ago. However, Christmas is a time for miracles (and capitalism-driven nostalgia) because the brand now operates seasonally out of Macy&#8217;s toy sections.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/52544167184\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"IMG_0607\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52544167184_c35f11e769.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"IMG_0607\"><\/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\/spriteshoots\/52544167179\/in\/photostream\/lightbox\/\" title=\"IMG_0608\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52544167179_7505ca0c99.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"IMG_0608\"><\/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\/spriteshoots\/52544421678\/in\/photostream\/lightbox\/\" title=\"IMG_0610\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52544421678_7866a09661.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"IMG_0610\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>So, if you were at one point or another a Toys-R-Us kid, get you to your local Macy&#8217;s for an Instagram opportunity with Geoffrey the Giraffe.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/52544421718\/\" title=\"IMG_0604\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52544421718_41296da0e0.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"IMG_0604\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<hr width=50%>\n<p>Would you like to share some of the holiday sights near your home? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12456\">Sign up <\/a>for a date and the Virtual Advent Tour will make a stop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to the fifth day of the Virtual Advent Tour. 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