Episode 253 || Seasonal Reads: Christmas

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

Fiction, Society & Culture, Books, Arts:books, Arts

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In our final Seasonal Reads of 2019, Chris and Annie run through some reads (and movies) for the Christmas season and chat about the Christian season of Advent. + A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens + A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote + A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas + Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris + Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle + One Day in December by Josie Silver + Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory + The Meaning is in the Waiting by Paula Gooder + Miracle on 10th Street by Madeleine L'Engle Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for the use of our theme music. Learn and listen more here. Listen to a full back catalog of our show here, and, if you're interested in some exclusive content like Annie's author interviews, consider supporting us on Patreon here. This was unexpectedly Chris's last episode, but please know he appreciates your support over the years.

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0:00.0	So before we went to our honeymoon in Colorado, I did, you and I talked about cold weather clothes.
0:09.6	That's correct.
0:10.5	And I talked about it with...
0:12.3	Your bun socks.
0:13.4	Yeah, I'm actually wearing them.
0:14.7	What are they called again?
0:15.7	Darn tough.
0:16.2	Darn tough, that's right.
0:17.3	These are the ones I bought in Thomasville.
0:18.8	I bought two more pairs in Tallahassee as well.
0:20.7	Okay. Hmm. Oh. Yeah, I won't tell that story. I also talk to some people on Twitter about like, I'm from Florida. I've never lived in the cold. In Tallahassee, it does get into the 30s. Yes.
0:37.9	Regularly in the winter.
0:39.0	Right.
0:39.5	Rarely into the 20s.
0:40.7	And like, that's cold to me.
0:42.3	Sure, you're from South Florida.
0:44.0	And I think that's cold for most people.
0:46.0	Yeah.
0:47.3	But I did just ask some people like, what should I wear?
0:51.0	How do I dress for snow?
0:53.6	Yes.
0:54.7	Not anticipating there to be much snow because it's not supposed to snow in Colorado Springs
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