Episodios

  • Uncle Richard's New Year Dinner by Lucy Maud Montgomery

    Uncle Richard's New Year Dinner by Lucy Maud Montgomery
    Dec 30 2022
    The end of the old year and the start of the new has traditionally been seen as an opportunity to start fresh by setting aside old grievances and moving forward with a clean slate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    12 m
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas or 'Twas the Night Before Christmas - A Classic Christmas Verse

    A Visit from St. Nicholas or 'Twas the Night Before Christmas - A Classic Christmas Verse
    Dec 24 2022
    You've heard it dozens of times, so why not once more. Here's a Visit from St. Nicholas, was it penned by Clement Moore? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    6 m
  • Christmas Every Day by William Dean Powells

    Christmas Every Day by William Dean Powells
    Dec 24 2022
    For many children, Christmas is the best day of the year. Yet, often it’s for selfish reasons. Some kids like it so much that they might wish that Christmas day might never end. One little girl father explains what it might be like if it was “Christmas Every Day” by William Dean Howells. William Dean Howells was a proponent of literary realism. Called “The Dean of American Letters’” he was a playwright, author, critic andThe Atlantic magazine’s third editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    18 m
  • Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

    Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
    Dec 23 2022
    While this is primarily a story for children, Christmas is the perfect time to explore our inner child and share that spirit with today’s kids. This story originally appeared on my Readastorus podcast. Being a scarecrow is a hard enough job in the best of times, but when winter comes, it can be miserable. Yet, for one scarecrow, a frosty Christmas brought a wonderful opportunity. Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman started writing children’s stories as a teenager to help support her family. She went on to become one of the premier female authors of the late-19th century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    16 m
  • Reginald's Christmas Revel by Saki

    Reginald's Christmas Revel by Saki
    Dec 22 2022
    This holiday tale features Reginald, a fictional young-man born to the Victorian upper crust in England, who finds himself at a stuffy family Christmas party and tries to liven things up a bit. Saki, the pen name of British author H.H. Munroe, loved skewering the upper class, wielding the weapon of character’s like Reginald, who appeared in several of his short stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    9 m
  • A Stolen Christmas by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman - A Classic Christmas Story

    A Stolen Christmas by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman - A Classic Christmas Story
    Dec 21 2022
    Sometimes we fall so far that we are tempted to cross lines we never would have in better times. Feelings of inadequacy can become particularly acute during the holiday season, when we see so much apparent happiness. Our next story about one woman’s fall from grace and her Christmas redemption. Brilliant short story author, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman ’s "A Stolen Christmas" was published in Harper's Bazaar on December 24, 1887 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 m
  • A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum - A Classic Christmas Story

    A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum - A Classic Christmas Story
    Dec 20 2022
    Santa and his friends face the most challenging Christmas in their long history as Santa is kidnapped. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 m
  • Christmas at Red Butte by Lucy Maud Montgomery - A Classic Christmas Story

    Christmas at Red Butte by Lucy Maud Montgomery - A Classic Christmas Story
    Dec 19 2022
    When a bad harvest on the Canadian prairie means no Christmas for her cousins, a young woman does the only thing she can to rescue their holiday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    19 m