Re-presenting 104 “Papa Panov’s Special Christmas” by Leo Tolstoy
It’s time for a Christmas story. This one’s really nice. Make sure you’re caught up with all the episodes at MyChristmasSt...
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The Christmas Stocking
A short audio show celebrating the happiest time of year all year long
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20 of 50 episodesRe-presenting 103 The Peppermint Pigs of Saratoga Springs, NY
A local tradition in upstate New York, the peppermint pigs are spreading around the country and the world thanks to the internet. Michael re...
Re-presenting 123 Christmas Toys 1980-1989
Erin in Arkansas wanted to hear about the 80s again. Did you love any of these toys? Let me know on Facebook, which is pretty much where you...
Re-presenting 74 Christkindlmarkts
They’re more popular than ever–and they’ve been around a long time! Like the show on Facebook. What does Christmas mean to...
Re-presenting 89 The Christmas Pickle
Dave in Texas wanted to hear about the Christmas Pickle. It’s actually real! Sort of. Let me know what to talk about on Facebook. All...
Re-presenting 39 Christmas Seals
From Christmas 2009: Most of us probably know why we put Christmas Seals on our envelopes and packages, but do you know where they came...
Re-presenting 2 Black Friday
From Christmas ’06: The most anticipated shopping day of the year for many shoppers, the most dreaded for others, and for retail emplo...
Re-presenting 36 Small Town Parades
From Thanksgiving 2009: The Christmas season has returned, and we look at smaller parades around the country. Go to MyChristmasStocking.net...
Representing 45 Boxing Day
From Christmas 2009: The day after Christmas means more shopping for many Americans. But for those who celebrate Boxing Day…okay, it me...
Representing 69 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
From Christmas 2011: Merry Christmas! We know Rudolph’s story, more or less, but how did his story come to light?   We’r...
Representing 57 “A Visit From St. Nicholas” by Clement Clark Moore
From Christmas 2010: Merry Christmas! I hope you enjoy it. Stay in touch on Twitter.com/XmasStocking and our Facebook pa...
Representing 52 “A Charlie Brown Christmas”
From Christmas 2010: I love the dancing twins, the pink aluminum Christmas tree, and everything else about A Charlie Brown Christm...
Representing 29 “Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry
From Christmas 2008: In this super-stuffed Christmas Stocking episode, one of my favorite Christmas stories. I hope you enjoy it. Find...
Representing 43 Christmas in Ireland
From Christmas 2009: A Mini Irish Christmas Music Spectacular! Info, music and Christmas traditions from a listener who emailed TopElf at My...
Representing 32 Christmas in the Early 20th Century
All of the represented episodes (will probably) have intros. This one is from Christmas 2008: A lot happened in the first half of the 20th c...
Representing 19 Santa’s Letter to Suzy Clemens
From Christmas ’07: A change of pace this episode. Suzy Clemens, the daughter of Mark Twain, received at least one letter from Santa Cl...
Representing 17 Victorian Christmas
From Christmas ’07: A lot of what we know as Christmas came from the Victorian era, and some earlier traditions that we enjoy today we...
Representing 3 O, Christmas Tree
You’ll find a little introduction before the episode. From Christmas ’06: The centerpiece of holiday decorating is the Christmas...
141 O Come, All Ye Faithful and more
The story of “O Come, All Ye Faithful” is a bit fuzzy. We’ll see if we can focus it a little. Just a little. Plus bonus so...
140 Christmas Lights
It’s not Christmas without Christmas lights. Well, at least these days. How did the electric ones develop and get popular? We’ll...