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Ep. 11: Christmas Tree Lit ft. Mary Lattimore & Whitmer Thomas

Drifting Off with Joe Pera

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🗓️ 11 December 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

A return to favorite subject matter, here's an episode to ring in the Holidays. Joe shares a poem he wrote about trees and reads 'The Fir Tree' by Hans Christian Andersen. Plenty more as well.


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Guest Composed by Mary Lattimore.

https://marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com/


Guest Appearance by Whitmer Thomas.

https://www.instagram.com/whitmerthomas/?hl=en


Editing and Sound Design by Ryan Dann.


Produced by Grant Farsi for Chestnut Walnut.



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0:30.0

Hello, are you under the blankets or in a good chair?

1:00.5

Are your decorations up? Even if it's just a chachki from the drugstore or

1:06.8

snow globe you receive from your first wife. Before I came downstairs to record I

1:14.3

gave my tree a drink. I got it last week and I'm happy to tell you that it's

1:20.3

holding its needles very well. After we finish I'm going to go upstairs and sit

1:27.4

next to it for a bit before I go to bed myself. I have a chocolate cover

1:33.0

pretzel and try not to think about where my tax dollars are going. I feel

1:40.1

will both be pretty tired after this one because I have some Christmas tree

1:44.9

literature to share with you. One piece by me, the other, a Christmas tree

1:51.2

classic that I think will make for a potent combination to help you those off.

1:57.1

Not to mention this beautiful heart music by the wonderful Mary Latinmore. I was

2:04.5

clearing some old hard drives to make space for new cookie photos. I came across

2:09.8

this poem in my notes for the holiday special I made in 2016 about how to pick

2:16.4

out the perfect Christmas tree. It's not good but that's exactly why amateur

2:22.6

poetry's were sharing. The most famous celebrity in Rockefeller Center bigger than

2:33.2

even Jim Fallon a tradition something new Christmas trees are a lot of things.

2:42.5

They are trees they are symbols the only time you get to have a tree in your

2:49.7

home. Beacon for family shape like a missile something to complement sit

2:57.8

under nap next to it. They are a symbol of immortality to both ancient

3:04.5

Romans and Chinese. Purcell in the home depot parking lot. I never claimed to be

3:12.6

a poet but maybe I should so I can get the record for using the words tree and

3:18.2

symbol the most amount of times in one poem. Okay continuing on. Evergreens have

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