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Title:

NPR holiday favorites [sound recording].

Format:

[sound recording].

Publisher:

HighBridge Audio,

Copyright Date:

p2008

Description:

2 sound discs (ca. 2 1/4 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Christmas.
Hanukkah.
Audiobooks.

Other Authors:

Stamberg, Susan, 1938-
National Public Radio (U.S.)

Notes:

Title from disc surface. Host, Susan Stamberg. Unabridged. Compact discs. Duration: 2:15:00.

Contents:

Disc 2. This I believe: the designated celebrator / Melinda Shoaf. Mingle all the way through holiday parties / Jeanne Martinet -- Martha Stewart, a domestic diva talks relish / Martha Stewart -- How to extend your holiday / Brian Greene -- Not my job: Amy Sedaris / Amy Sedaris -- How to get out of giving thanks / Brian Unger -- When turkeys attack: Bostonians battle wild birds -- Thanksgiving Day cab ride -- Nutcracker dreams / Kevin Kling -- Storycorps: the Christmas tree under the porch -- Christmas truce / Douglas Brinkley -- Repaying a Christmas favor -- Patti LaBelle celebrates the holidays / Patti LaBelle -- Disc 2. Santaland diaries / David Sedaris -- Santa, the caring stranger to the North / Scott Simon -- Christmas morning, 1949 / Paul Auster -- Thoughts on Kwanzaa / Meri Danquah -- Santarchy! -- The worst gifts ever / Mike Andrews, Carrie Brownstein, and Jill Sobule -- Father Sarducci's absolute worst holiday song ever / Don Novello (aka Father Guido Sarducci) -- Chanukah, or Hanukkah? / Robbi Daniel Zemel, Robert Siegel -- Mixed families set to celebrate "Chrismukkah" / Ron Gompertz -- Lebkuchen: a holiday treat that lasts a lifetime / Baxter Black -- A recipe for latke failure / Tamara Keith -- A personal miracle on 55th Street / Roya Hakakian -- Christmas candles / Jay O'Callahan -- The phenomenon of "Feliz Navidad" / Jose Feliciano -- This I believe: the designated celebrator / Melinda Shoaf.

Summary:

National Public Radio's presents holiday classics. From David Sedaris' narrative on playing Santa's little helper at Macy's, to Baxter Black's apt description of the Christmas cookie no one could eat, these stories are both refreshing and nostalgic.

ISBN:

1598877283
9781598877281

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

NHPD993 -- Belmond Public Library (Belmond)

YXPB162 -- Clarence Public Library (Edna Zybell Memorial Library) (Clarence)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

NKPD993 -- Eagle Grove Memorial Library (Eagle Grove)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

FOPB224 -- McGregor Public Library (McGregor) — Audio CD NPR

KOPC446 -- H.J. Nugen Public Library (New London)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)