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Christmas

A Story

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Christmas

By: Zona Gale
Narrated by: Geoffrey Giuliano, The Crush
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This is a gentle Christmas story, whose message is that if we didn't already have Christmas, we'd find a way to invent it. It's hard times in Old Trail Town as the Season of Giving approaches. The factory that employs most of the town is closed and not likely to re-open, and town merchants fear that people will try to shop on credit. Unwilling to carry the debt, the merchants work out a scheme to get everybody in town to agree not to have Christmas that year. What happens next proves that Christmas can't be banned from the hearts of those who truly believe in it.

Public Domain (P)2022 Icon Audio Arts Classics Genre Fiction Holidays Small Town & Rural Heartfelt
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Yes, the audio is not top quality.
And skip the intro, unless you just arrived from Venus and have no idea what Christmas is or how it is celebrated.
It takes a bit of patience to settle into the time and place of the story, but once you are there, the characters take you along with them. The ending is not the smaltzy Christmasy ending you might expect, which makes it twice as satisfying. If you are looking for an unusual Christmas story, then I recommend this one.

Surprisingly Good

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