{"id":9759,"date":"2019-12-18T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=9759"},"modified":"2019-12-18T03:27:50","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T08:27:50","slug":"virtual-advent-tour-2019-day-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=9759","title":{"rendered":"virtual advent tour 2019: day 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/VAT2019-400px.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/VAT2019-400px.jpeg\" alt=\"Virtual Advent Tour 2019\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/VAT2019-400px.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/VAT2019-400px-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We did it! Or maybe time did it, despite our howling wildly and clinging to its ankles. Either way, we&#8217;ve made it to the final week of the Advent season.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 400px; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=1700387972\/size=small\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=2ebd35\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/liahclayton.bandcamp.com\/track\/dear-old-santa\">Dear Old Santa by Liah Clayton<\/a><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Behind today&#8217;s door, we have a second post from <a href=\"http:\/\/raidergirl3-anadventureinreading.blogspot.com\/2019\/12\/virtual-advent-tour-nans-frying-pan.html\">raidergirl3 at an adventure in reading<\/a>. She shares memories of Christmas visits to her grandmother and includes one of her Nan&#8217;s recipes for us to try. (For those of you don&#8217;t know, raidergirl3 is the longest-running participant in the Virtual Advent Tour, which I&#8217;m pretty sure is how we &#8220;met&#8221; oh so many years ago now.)<\/p>\n<p>Before you head off to her blog, though, make sure you listen to the song above. I like to find a Canadian song to pair up with raidergirl3&#8217;s post every year. This year, I found a link to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/liahclayton.bandcamp.com\/releases\">Dear Old Santa<\/a>,&#8221; written and performed by Liah Clayton, a 16-year-old girl from Prince Edward Island, who is donating the song&#8217;s proceeds to CBC&#8217;s Feed a Family Campaign.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll see you back here tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We did it! Or maybe time did it, despite our howling wildly and clinging to its ankles. Either way, we&#8217;ve made it to the final week of the Advent season. 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