Christmas stories. – Pacifica Radio Archives

Let us by the fire.

Reading of old and new Christmas poetry.|LET US BY THE FIRE. – Reading of old and new Christmas poetry. – BROADCAST: WBAI, 25 Dec. 1969.

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Mr. Pickwick’s Christmas / read by Charles Laughton.

Reading of a short Christmas story.|MR. PICKWICK’S CHRISTMAS / read by Charles Laughton. – Reading of a short Christmas story. Music by Hanns Eisler. Restricted distribution rights. – RECORDED: from a Decca Record, OLP 8010. BROADCAST: KPFA, 25 Dec. 1963.

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The Real meaning of Christmas / read by John Ohliger.

Reading of a Christmas story.|THE REAL MEANING OF CHRISTMAS / read by John Ohliger. – Satirical tribute to the spirit of Christmas focused on the “real” meaning of the holiday. Includes material by Tom Lehrer, Ogdan Nash, and Stan Frieberg. – RECORDED: 28 Nov. 1962. BROADCAST: KPFA, 25 Dec. 1962.

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Gay spirits : a slightly different Christmas Carol / by Cindy Friedman ; directed by John Callahan ; produced by Trentham and Friedman for Overnight Production Inc.

Radio drama derived from Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol. In this production, Scrooge is cured of homophobia by the Lesbian Goddess of Solstice Past, a Screaming Queen of Christmas Present, and a gay Tiny Tim who has AIDS.|GAY SPIRITS : A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT CHRISTMAS CAROL / by Cindy Friedman| directed by John Callahan| produced by Trentham…

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The Gift of the Magi / by O. Henry ; read by Elsa Knight Thompson.

Reading of the classic Christmas tale.|THE GIFT OF THE MAGI / by O. Henry| read by Elsa Knight Thompson. – Reading of O. Henry’s classic Christmas tale about the giving of gifts. – BROADCAST: KPFA, 24 Dec. 1968.

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A Program for Christmas / Bob Conrad and Kenneth Graban.

Reading of Christmas stories.

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