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Ho ho ho! Here's what to hear while driving to the shopping mall, wrapping gifts, compelling friends, or comforting in front of a crackling vacation hearth. In Scott Simon's modern version of the Holiday story, Jesus is born in an discontinued manufacturing plant near Cleveland and the Three Wise Folks bring Chipotle gift cards. Claudia Sanchez gives a Latin highlight to "A Visit from St. Nicholas". Barbara Bradley Hagerty explores what Holiday opportinity for the youngster choristers of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. (Hint: Handel). In a treasured 1974 saving, humorist, creator, radio personality, and blacklisting sufferer John Henry Faulk instructs of "the wonderfulest Holiday in america of America". A boy believed missing doing his thing during WWII is found in time for his family to enjoy the holiday. And a Vietnam veteran instructs Weekend Edition Sunday in regards to a "Silent Nighttime" that brought hope to patients in a armed service hospital. And that is just the star-topped suggestion of the tree. Every year, listeners tune into NPR for vacation offerings of most kinds: funny, touching, insightful, and unexpected. Now anyone can hear anytime to these evergreen delights.
