{"id":6898,"date":"2016-12-21T05:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T10:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=6898"},"modified":"2016-12-21T03:21:45","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T08:21:45","slug":"virtual-advent-tour-day-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=6898","title":{"rendered":"virtual advent tour: day 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/VAT16-500.png\" alt=\"Virtual Advent Tour logo\" width=400 \/><br \/>\n<strong>Welcome to Day 21 of the Virtual Advent Tour!<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<hr width=25%>\n<p>This morning at 5:44 EST (10:44 UTC) is the Winter Solstice, marking the darkest day of the year. However, however! Even today, sunset is coming smidges later than it did yesterday. And that&#8217;s going to keep happening. We aren&#8217;t going to be able to notice it for a while, since we get only seconds more a day. 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