Welcome back to another edition of Christmas in quarantine, Christmas Past's impromptu mini-series

of indeterminate length, where I'm bringing you one new episode every day until we're all out of

quarantine. First things first, I hope that you are staying safe and healthy and that you're keeping

your spirits up, and that you're taking your advice only from trained medical professionals,

and that you're treating the situation with the seriousness it deserves.

Second, I'd love to hear from you.

You know that you can reach out to me any time.

My email address is Christmas Past Podcast at gmail.com,

and you can connect on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too.

Let me know that you're okay and let me know how you're passing the time. And if there's

anything you'd like to pass on to the rest of the Christmas Past family, record a voice

memo into your phone and send it over to me. I'd be happy to include it in an upcoming episode.

Today, we're picking up where we've left off from yesterday. Over five consecutive days, I am reading you all of the stories from Washington Irving's collection titled Old Christmas.

The first piece was more of an essay, like a love letter to the Christmas spirit, and yesterday we heard a story about the narrator's stagecoach ride to an old English country inn, whereupon he met his old

friend who invited him to his family's house for Christmas Eve. Over the next three installments,

we'll get a taste of Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Christmas dinner, respectively,

and then we'll move on to something else. I've got lots more great stories from Christmas past

queued up to read to you, as well as some contemporary ones,

and in addition to that, I'll be doing roundtable discussions, interviews,

playlists of music you might not have heard yet,

and anything else that comes to mind in the days and weeks ahead.

If you have any ideas, I'm all ears, and again, reach out to me anytime.

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