Happy October everyone! In today's episode I share a listener's memory from a cozy farm in Canada and he tells us about how his town welcomes Christmas. Then I head over to Portugal and share a couple of fun Christmas traditions the town of Braga has on Christmas eve. Finally, I read the essay Old Thoughts for Christmas by Christopher Morley. Published during the Christmas season after the Treaty of Versailles was signed, Morley ponders the gift of peace and the need for kindness after such a horrific world war - and finds that Christmas can bring these things to us. And be sure to keep an eye out on the youtube channel this week as I'll be posting a video review of the book Mrs. Claus and the Santaland Slayings by Liz Ireland. An excellent website for information about Christmas in Portugal: https://www.portugalist.com/portugal-christmas/ Affiliate Links: Mrs. Claus and the Santaland Slayings (Amazon/Bookshop) Mrs. Claus and the Halloween Homicide (Amazon/Bookshop) Affiliate links mean I earn a commission from qualifying purchases. This helps support my channel at no additional cost to you. Check out the Bookshelf Odyssey Podcast! Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 00:40 What's making me cozy: Mrs. Claus, Private Eye... 01:56 Mail Bag: Listener Memory 07:06 Christmas in Portugal 09:48 Old Thoughts for Christmas, by Christopher Morley 20:38 My thoughts on Old Thoughts 23:52 Final Comments   Ways to support the show: Rate and review: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-cozy-christmas-podcast/id1523423375  Buy me a coffee? www.ko-fi.com/cozychristmas  Ornaments, Mugs, and Notebooks: https://www.etsy.com/shop/CozyChristmasPodcast    Contact Me: facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cozychristmaspodcast  instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cozychristmaspodcast/  twitter: https://twitter.com/CozyXmasPod  email: cozychristmaspodcast@gmail.com