{"id":12540,"date":"2022-12-11T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12540"},"modified":"2022-12-11T05:56:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T10:56:26","slug":"virtual-advent-tour-2022-day-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12540","title":{"rendered":"virtual advent tour 2022: day 11"},"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>First off, Happy Gaudete, the third Sunday of Advent:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EDc2FD-vy8M\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>When Rudi and I went to Iceland a number of years ago now, one of the fun things we pre-scheduled was to attend a &#8220;bedtime story,&#8221; in which we were read a Christmas picture book (and sated with cocoa and Christmas cookies).<\/p>\n<p>We came home with copies of that book, which focused on the Yule Lads and which we&#8217;ve shared with friends over the years. But the real magic is in being read to, so I thought I&#8217;d share a few options with you.<\/p>\n<p>First, while this isn&#8217;t the exact book we were read, it&#8217;s based on the same folklore: <em>Christmas Is Coming<\/em> by J\u00f3hannes \u00far K\u00f6tlum with illustrations by Tryggvi Magnusson:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vovJF1uTtAI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Next up, we have Sutton Foster reading us <em>Memoirs of an Elf<\/em> by Devin Scillian with illustrations by Tim Bowers:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xEnr0Jcxzek\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Finally, a classic, <em>The Polar Express<\/em> by Chris Van Allsburg, read by the classic Liam Neeson:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ELy_4fH_h0E\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Do you have a favorite holiday picture book you revisit every year?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First off, Happy Gaudete, the third Sunday of Advent: When Rudi and I went to Iceland a number of years ago now, one of the fun things we pre-scheduled was to attend a &#8220;bedtime story,&#8221; in which we were read a Christmas picture book (and sated with cocoa and Christmas cookies). 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