Rethinking the Holidays
Wonder Cabinet
Wonder Cabinet Productions
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2020
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
We’re in the holiday season of the worst pandemic of our lives. Canceling our gatherings is the safe thing to do. But, how can we still — creatively and safely — connect with the people we love? Maybe there are some opportunities for us this year, too.
Original Air Date: November 28, 2020
Guests:
Priya Parker — Stanley Weintraub — Peter Reinhart — Helen Macdonald — Gregg Krech
Interviews In This Hour:
A Pandemic Holiday Season Offers Opportunities For Community, Too — Stanley Weintraub on the World War I Christmas Truce — Peter Reinhart on the Spiritual Importance of Bread — Helen Macdonald On 'The Dark Is Rising' — How to Cultivate Gratitude
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey friends, it's Anne. |
| 0:09.3 | At my house, we're still working on turkey leftovers. |
| 0:12.8 | But all over town, there are people stringing up lights and decorating trees. |
| 0:17.4 | We could all use some holiday cheer. |
| 0:20.5 | But there's a little trepidation in the air, too. |
| 0:24.3 | This holiday season will be different. |
| 0:27.2 | How do we celebrate in a pandemic? |
| 0:30.7 | This episode, Rethinking the Holidays. |
| 0:35.4 | Keep listening. |
| 0:36.4 | Music Keep listening. Welcome. Happy holidays, everyone, and welcome to celebrations that'll be kind of different. |
| 1:06.2 | My stepfather recently turned 80. |
| 1:09.5 | Pre-COVID, we had thought we were going to do an in-person gathering with multiple adult |
| 1:14.0 | families, and then couldn't. |
| 1:17.9 | It's to the best of our knowledge. |
| 1:19.6 | I'm Anne Strange Champs, and this is Priya Parker. |
| 1:32.0 | What we ended up doing was 9 a.m. |
| 1:40.8 | We all simultaneously turned on our FaceTime or Zoom, and we baked Ginger Snap cookies together. |
| 1:45.0 | We chose a simple recipe that he loved. |
| 1:49.5 | He loves ginger, that the two-year-old and the 16-year-old would enjoy eating afterwards. |
| 1:54.6 | And we rolled together, we put in the sugar together, we spilled the sugar on the floor together, |
| 1:59.6 | we swept it up together, all in our own homes, and there was enough. |
| 2:01.0 | It was an hour. |
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