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favorite Christmas stories from NPR

Listeners tune in to NPR for holiday stories of all kinds: funny, touching, insightful, and surprising. Now everyone can enjoy these evergreen delights while driving to the mall, entertaining friends, or relaxing in front of a crackling fire. With all the promise of an overstuffed stocking on Christmas morning, it is brimming with stories that will soon be holiday classics

Disc one (57:14) : Introduction by David Greene -- A Child's Christmas -- Radio gift: 'Twas the night before Christmas -- Merry stressmas from Kevin Kling -- Nation's Christmas tree plucked from Colorado -- Encouraging "Green" Christmas trees -- Appreciating the ugliness of the Christmas tree -- Stealing hemlock -- Roman Christmas revolves around the food -- Medieval Christmas cookies still in fashion -- Christmas a busy season for tamale-makers -- At a real-life Santa's workshop, Christmas comes early -- StoryCorps: Santa Claus is driving to town -- Without magic, Santa would need 12 million employees -- Alaskan village hosts Christmas pageant -- Christmas candlesDisc two (67:19) : The gift of the Magi -- StoryCorps : One student's Christmas lesson -- Dave Barry wishes you a very wary Christmas -- Fruitcake capital of the world -- Dicken's notes on a Christmas Carol -- The sounds of Christmas, long ago -- Building a better Christmas tree -- Nativity collector dreams of mangers and museums -- What's Christmas to a cow? -- Toiling over a Christmas pudding -- Nina Totenberg sings the holidays -- Art of holiday lighting -- Christmas songs we don't know the words to -- LIfe in National Cathedral Boys Choir -- Caroling in the cold

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