{"id":9845,"date":"2009-12-01T15:52:55","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T14:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/onsoftware-advent-calendar-2009\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:18:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:18:19","slug":"onsoftware-advent-calendar-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/onsoftware-advent-calendar-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"OnSoftware advent calendar 2009 &#8211; Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the first day of advent, which means we can now officially start singing carols, stealing kisses under mistletoe, and panicking about what the heck we&#8217;re going to buy everyone. Today is also the first day of the inaugural <strong>OnSoftware advent calendar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This year we decided to round up our favorite software of the year in a festive way. Each of our editors will be revealing their choice apps and games of &#8217;09 over the coming 24 days. 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What&#8217;s more, you won&#8217;t have problems with codecs because it already includes them &#8211; <strong>Elena<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the first day of advent, which means we can now officially start singing carols, stealing kisses under mistletoe, and panicking about what the heck we&#8217;re going to buy everyone. Today is also the first day of the inaugural OnSoftware advent calendar. 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