Hey, it's Brian, back with another Burr Month's bonus episode for those of us getting an early start on the Christmas season.

We're about a week into the Burr months now, and I hope you've been making every day count,

maybe having a pumpkin spice something or other here and there. I always love to hear from you,

so if you've been up to anything interesting or just want to say hi, you can drop me a line at

Christmas Past Podcast at gmail.com. Today we're picking up where we left off with our story,

and we're about a quarter of the way through now. I'll bring you a couple of chapters every few

days until the story's finished.

But first, let me remind you that it is never too early to send a Christmas memory to share

in an episode this season. All you have to do is record a voice memo into your phone and send it

to Christmas Past podcast at gmail.com. Keep it reasonably short, clean and family-friendly, and be sure to say your name and where you're from.

Also, I'd love to send you an early Christmas card with a Christmas past sticker in it.

Just leave a review for this show on Apple Podcasts and then get in touch with me with your mailing address.

Okay, back to the story.

Now make sure you listen from the beginning as we follow the Campfire Girls in the Allegheny Mountains

or a Christmas success against odds.

It's a 1918-Y-A novel, and the idea of a Christmas against the odds is a fitting theme for 2020, amidst the pandemic.

And 1918 also happens to be the year of the last pandemic.

Well, anyway, last time we left the girls, they had just arrived at Marion's family home after a train ride,

and her father had just arrived home with a thrilling story to recount.

Chapter 6. The Punster Makes a Find

When Marion Stanlock selected the term High Peak as her campfire name, her deliberations

carried her back from the Hiawatha Institute to the scene of most of the years of her child

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