Leonard starts today's show off with his annual Christmas Gospel show. Plus, the first edition of our new Past Present feature drawn from the WNYC Archives. Today we’ll rebroadcast a tree lighting ceremony from 1942. And we’ll invite you to call in to tell us how world events affect the way you celebrate the holidays.
Holiday Spirit
According to tradition, the first Christmas carol was sung 2,000 years ago by a choir of angels to celebrate the birth of Jesus. On today’s show, Leonard celebrates some of his favorite recordings from the Golden Age of Gospel to the present.
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Past Present: Christmas Tree Lighting
Today’s Past Present brings you audio from the Christmas tree lighting at NYC’s Madison Square Park on Dec. 24, 1942. Since the US was at war at the time, the Christmas tree had to be small and was not lighted due to war-time dim-out regulations, but New Yorkers were determined ...
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