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NPR Holiday Favorites
Written by NPR and Susan Stamberg
Narrated by Susan Stamberg
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David Sedaris contributes his now classic “Santaland Diaries,” his account of his experiences playing Santa's little helper at Macy's in New York.Susan Stamberg sneaks her mother-in-law's recipe for cranberry relish onto the air-again. Storyteller Kevin Kling finds an invitation to participate in a production of The Nutcracker too tempting to resist. Ghanian-born commentator Meri Danquah shares her thoughts on Kwanzaa. Cowboy poet Baxter Black describes a Christmas cookie with “the denseness of an anvil and the half-life of a radial tire.”Robert Siegel goes in search of the correct spelling for December's Jewish holiday. The Thanksgiving tables are turned on unsuspecting Bostonians in “When Turkeys Attack.”And more.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is an eclectic collection of snippets from NPR. Some are humorous, others are heartwarming and thoughtful. All have a tie to the holidays that are celebrated at the end of the year, and while not all will be equally liked, it is still an enjoyable and entertaining collection.