Hey, it's Brian, back for part three of this special Burr Month's bonus story time miniseries,

where Ricky Meese from the Sleigh Bells and Missletoe Christmas podcast narrates the

1916 story When the Yule Log burns by Leona Dalrymple.

If you're listening in real time, this miniseries is being released on four consecutive days

starting on Thursday, December 12th, and you really do need to listen from the beginning to follow

along. And also, you really do need to subscribe to Slay Bells and Missletoe for more Christmas

fun for this season and beyond.

The first two installments represent part one of the story as it was published in 1916.

Today and tomorrow, we'll hear part two, where the story picks up again the following Christmas Eve. Did you know that the tradition is to light the year's eulog with the embers of the one from last year?

There are lots of traditions with the eulog.

In some places, children would ride at home like a sleigh while the grown-ups pulled it.

Some decorate it with ribbons. Others sprinkle it with wine.

I'll have to do an episode about that sometime soon.

But back to our story, it's Christmas Eve,

and we join John and his recently adopted and recently healed son Roger, as a special

surprise is just about to happen. So get cozy, get comfy, and get into the Christmas spirit

as we once again go back to 1916 for an old-fashioned country Christmas at the home of John and Ellen.

Here now is Ricky Meese with the third installment of As the Yule Log Burns by Leona Dalrymple.

The fire again. Doctor said little Roger slyly. You got your chin stuck out. The doctor stroked his

grizzled beard in hasty apology. God bless my soul, he admitted guiltily. I do believe I have.

You've been so quiet, he added accusingly, curled up there by the fire, that I must certainly have gotten

lonesome, and I most always stick out my chin that way when I get lonesome.

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