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    More Tinsel Tales: Favorite Christmas Stories from NPR
    More Tinsel Tales: Favorite Christmas Stories from NPR
    More Tinsel Tales: Favorite Christmas Stories from NPR
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    More Tinsel Tales: Favorite Christmas Stories from NPR

    Written by NPR

    Narrated by David Greene

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    Each year, listener's tune in to NPR for holiday offerings of all kinds: funny, touching, insightful, and surprising. Now anyone can listen to these evergreen delights while driving to the mall, wrapping gifts, entertaining friends, or relaxing in front of a crackling fire. More Tinsel Tales includes many of the outstanding storytellers featured regularly on NPR: Kevin Kling finds that Christmas in his family usually includes some type of family disaster, but it provides a wellspring of memories as the family gathers again, undaunted. Ken Harbaugh wonders at the perfection of the unadorned tree in his house-until his family breaks the spell. Bailey White spreads the Christmas guilt as she implicates her mother and sister in their life of yuletide crime. Jay O'Callahan remembers a boyhood Christmas that veered from tragedy to hope. A very merry, but wary Dave Barry shares his latest take on the hazards of celebrating Christmas. Cowboy poet Baxter Black reflects on the modern manger. Julie Zickafoose remembers a frigid but magical night of “Caroling in the Cold.”And available exclusively in this edition of More Tinsel Tales: “All Things Considered” host Audie Cornish shines with her inspired reading of O. Henry's “Gift of the Magi.” With all the promise of an overstuffed stocking on Christmas morning, More Tinsel Tales from NPR is brimming with stories that will soon be holiday classics.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateOct 22, 2013
    ISBN9781622312436
    More Tinsel Tales: Favorite Christmas Stories from NPR

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    • 3/5
      What can I say, from Halloween to Christmas in the blink of an eye? I was looking for something light to listen to among my local library’s online audio books collection and stumbled upon More Tinsel Tales. This is an interesting mix of personal reminiscences from the NPR regulars, a few songs thrown in and Audi Cornish does an excellent reading of O. Henry’s Gift of the Magi.

      I enjoyed listening to this, but in my world, not even Tinsel Tales from NPR will put me in the Christmas spirit in mid-November.