Home for the Holidays [ repost ]

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Melissa & Dave

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🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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It’s our November tradition! This week, we’re replaying a special Thanksgiving episode of our show. ==== We know you don’t all celebrate the American holiday of Thanksgiving, but it’s never a bad idea to express gratitude and devote a day to being cozy. In that spirit, we’ve made a little gift for you to show our appreciation. Watching the movie ‘Home for the Holidays’ is an annual Thanksgiving tradition in our house. The film is based on a brilliant short story by Chris Radant that is, sadly, out of print. Both the story and the film tell the tale of a family Thanksgiving in all of its gluttonous, annoying, loving glory. It’s a celebration of affection, patience, and forgiveness. Since you can’t get the story as an audiobook, Mel went into our blanket fort recording booth to read the story out loud, and then Dave worked some editing magic. Boom! We made our first homegrown ‘audiobook.’ We’re grateful you’ve all joined us on our Strong Sense of Place reading-traveling adventures. We hope you enjoy the story! Read the short story by Chris Radant Transcript of this episode Sign up for our free Substack to connect with us and other lovely readers who are curious about the world. Do you enjoy our show? Do you want access to awesome bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon! Strong Sense of Place is an audience-funded endeavor, and we need your support to continue making this show. Get all the info you need right here. Thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to a special edition of Strong Sense of Place that celebrates Thanksgiving,
0:06.0	a.k.a. My favorite holiday.
0:08.1	Yeah. We recorded this podcast last year for our patrons. It's not our usual thing. It's a little
0:14.0	story that we read. We wanted to share it with all of you this year in the hopes that it will
0:18.9	fill you with happy holiday vibes.
0:21.2	Because we can't hand you a piece of homemade pumpkin pie with whipped cream.
0:25.5	So we're giving you a nice story instead.
0:28.0	I hope you enjoy it.
0:29.2	Happy Thanksgiving.
0:37.3	Hello, welcome to a special Patreon-only episode of Strong Sense of Place. Today we're getting
0:44.0	curious about the intersection of pumpkin pie and strained family relationships. That is a
0:50.0	terrible way to describe my favorite holiday, Dave. Thanksgiving is the best. Thanksgiving is a
0:56.4	lovely holiday. It's a day devoted to eating. Yep. And relaxing. And gratitude. Right. And gratitude.
1:03.8	Right. Definitely gratitude. I like gratitude. But eating and relaxing. Yeah. And also gratitude. And also gratitude.
1:11.4	And it's hard to go wrong with those things.
1:13.9	And every year, we watch the movie Home for the Holidays.
1:18.1	We do.
1:19.0	Which, in my humble opinion, is the definitive Thanksgiving movie.
1:23.6	I agree.
1:24.3	I mean, what even competes with that?
1:26.7	I don't know.
1:27.1	Are there other Thanksgiving movies? Yeah. Well, what about them? Oh, planes, trains, and automobiles is also a Thanksgiving movie. Yeah. That's also a very good film. What about Dan in Real Life? Is that a Thanksgiving movie? It's not, but it feels like it is. It just feels like it is. Yes. Yeah. Anyway, back to Home for the holidays.
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