Selected Shorts: Christmas Spirits High and Low

Specials | Dec 9, 2020

We want Christmas to be merry and bright, but sometimes the season can be challenging. Our two stories, presented by guest host Cynthia Nixon, do deliver good cheer in the end.

In Laurie Notaro’s “O Holy Night, or The Year I Ruined Christmas” there’s a hideous Christmas tree, and a demanding parent with a long memory. The hilarious tale is read by Kirsten Vangsness.

In Jeanette Winterson’s luminous “Spirit of Christmas” a married couple set off for their holiday with frayed tempers and too much stuff. They wind up with nothing but a miracle. Christina Pickles is the reader.

Airs Sunday, December 20 at 10pm on 93.9 FM.

(Note - this program originally aired in 2019)

Explore all of our 2020 holiday programming here.

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