{"id":12929,"date":"2023-12-16T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T11:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12929"},"modified":"2023-12-16T06:18:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T11:18:38","slug":"virtual-advent-2023-day-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12929","title":{"rendered":"virtual advent 2023: day 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/53401293324\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Eastern Market Winter Lights\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53401293324_2c668c6f1c_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Eastern Market Winter Lights\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Sarah invited me to check out D.C.&#8217;s Eastern Market Night Market with her, a new event we hoped would meld the cheerfulness of the Eastern Market weekend market experience with the bustle of neighborhood and downtown Christmas markets that pop up this time of year.<\/p>\n<p>While that description would be a stretch, we had a good time anyway and got some of our Christmas shopping done. 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