{"id":8648,"date":"2018-12-10T06:09:18","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T11:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=8648"},"modified":"2018-12-10T05:03:06","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T10:03:06","slug":"virtual-advent-tour-2018-day-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=8648","title":{"rendered":"virtual advent tour 2018: day 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/VirtualAdventTour2018-400.jpg\" alt=\"Virtual Advent Tour 2018, hosted by spritewrites.net.\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I spent my weekend immersed in books, either buying them or reading them, and wanted to continue that into the week. So today, for Day 10 of the Virtual Advent Tour, I thought I&#8217;d offer you a few videos of folks reading holiday stories. Settle in with a warm cup of cocoa, a Christmas cookie, and your crafting project for a seasonal story hour:<\/p>\n<p>First up, because Hanukkah doesn&#8217;t officially end until sundown, let&#8217;s start with a celebration of the Festival of Lights. Actress Molly Ephraim reads <em>Hanukkah in Alaska<\/em>, by Barbara Brown and illustrated by Stacey Schuett:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Brmv6DHSdc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>***<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Next, do you know the story of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newseum.org\/exhibits\/online\/yes-virginia\/\">Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus<\/a>,&#8221; the editorial from <em>The Sun<\/em>? Well, this is Virginia O. Hanlon, the author of the original letter to the editor, reading to a group of children in Albany, N.Y., in 1959 the paper&#8217;s response to her:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sHEBJg0OkfQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n***<\/center><\/p>\n<p>This is a long one, but well worth a listen. Actor Liam Neeson reads Chris Van Allsburg&#8217;s <em>Polar Express<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ELy_4fH_h0E\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n***<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Investigative journalist Keith Morrison of <em>Dateline<\/em> gives a dramatic reading of <em>Dr. Seuss&#8217; How the Grinch Stole Christmas<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ty_V5h12RHw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n***<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Finally, to end up on a high note, then-First Lady Michelle Obama reading &#8220;&#8216;Twas the Night before Christmas&#8221; by Clement Moore at the Children&#8217;s National Medical Center back in 2012:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w_EvsLCqoWs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>May you have a wonderful day. 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