{"id":6215,"date":"2015-12-24T04:07:33","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T09:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=6215"},"modified":"2015-12-24T10:55:11","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T15:55:11","slug":"advent-day-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=6215","title":{"rendered":"advent: day 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Christmas Eve! I hope you&#8217;re all ready for Christmas if you celebrate it and the weekend (possibly a long one?) if you don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s Virtual Advent Tour host is Teri of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.henningsenhappenings.blogspot.com\">Henningsen Happenings<\/a>. 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