Welcome to the start of season 2!

In today's episode, I share with you what has been keeping me in the Christmas mood (hint: snow, cookies, and music); Then I share an email from our listener Rick who writes to tell about his favorite Christmas movies - and he has some shocking and very strict guidelines on what counts as a Christmas movie. Then, I read the Christmas chapter from Charles Dickens' first novel, The Pickwick Papers.

Grab a cup of hot cocoa and come on in by the fire!

Timestamps

0:00 Introduction

0:58 Deck the Halls: Winter Weather and Cookies https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/chewy-pumpkin-oatmeal-chocolate-chip-cookies/ 

03:50 Listener Memory: Rick's Favorite Christmas movies

09:58 Introduction and background for The Pickwick Papers

12:12 The Pickwick Papers, Chapter 30

36:50 Thoughts on the story, plans for upcoming episodes, and closing comments.

PS: Gracie will be on next weeks episode, we didn't have time to record anything together this past week.

Music:

Deck the Halls and Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100270

Artist: http://incompetech.com/