{"id":12961,"date":"2023-12-24T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12961"},"modified":"2023-12-24T04:55:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T09:55:36","slug":"virtual-advent-2023-day-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12961","title":{"rendered":"virtual advent 2023: day 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friends, we&#8217;ve made it. Done or not, we have reached the night before Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for coming along with us all these past 24 days. Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/randomduck.com\">Rudi<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theintrepidreader.com\">Marg<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/raidergirl3-anadventureinreading.blogspot.com\">raidergirl3<\/a> for their posts along the way.<\/p>\n<p>Rudi and I drove north last night, which gave us a chance to listen to WXPN&#8217;s Robert Drake in his <em>The Night Before <a href=\"https:\/\/xpn.org\/jingle-cam\/\">The Night Before<\/a><\/em>. We got the pre-show, but if you tune in to WXPN from Philadelphia anytime today, you&#8217;ll catch Drake&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/xpn.org\/program\/the-night-before\/\">main holiday show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another Christmas Eve tradition of mine is to watch <em>Christmas Eve on Sesame Street<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EF4XRQwzls8?si=xsL9U4cVMgdEXR0Q\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have time for the live broadcast, nor an hour for Jim Henson, may I offer Stan Rogers&#8217; &#8220;At Last I&#8217;m Ready for Christmas,&#8221; which is far shorter:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jeQqifqhN04?si=EY4Id-1EgRIaWtop\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>If you celebrate, Merry Christmas. 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