{"id":12534,"date":"2022-12-09T06:00:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T11:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12534"},"modified":"2022-12-09T03:09:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T08:09:49","slug":"virtual-advent-tour-2022-day-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12534","title":{"rendered":"virtual advent tour 2022: day 9"},"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><\/center><\/p>\n<p>A wise blogger would have remembered the outdated phone she uses as a camera these days when she went out, but tonight I was not that person. So, I&#8217;ll show you some of the holiday sights of D.C. another day.<\/p>\n<p>I am absolutely a sucker for commercials that tug at the heartstrings, particularly near the holidays. I mean, I won&#8217;t necessarily buy your stuff (or, in fact, stop criticizing your company if you&#8217;re on my naughty list), but I&#8217;ll at least stop and pay attention to your commercial for 30 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve probably seen the short version of this commercial from an online retailer. Watch the long version:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jQWLKhhWBTs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Kroger and Coca Cola both had similar thoughts this year:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uaa5CpamkTE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A2So09BoCX4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t seen even an abridged version of this one from Chevy on tv, but it&#8217;s a tearjerker:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZhfaBfuaq8E\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>U.K. businesses are the best at Christmas commercials. Here are a couple of my favorites from this year.<\/p>\n<p>John Lewis steps it up every year:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1z0jfP2gCIs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I really appreciate when a commercial is just in it for the holiday spirit and has nothing to do with what they actually sell, like this British clothing company:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gqmh-D1wonw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;ll leave you with the National Trust&#8217;s Christmas shop for my knitters:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1G_uXE9Q6uU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re also a sucker for this kind of commercial, you can see a whole playlist of them from around the world <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?list=PLNjC8ujluhrVyI3HHL9SZvhEERQATGhcm&#038;v=bMZIutvCKSs&#038;feature=youtu.be\">here<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLvE-WLOOkY5KK-l_GG-QE6eKZuy1ys-mm\">just the U.K. ones<\/a>. 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