Welcome back to another episode from our little impromptu mini-series where I'm bringing you Christmas from the quarantine.

If you're just joining, I'm committed to bringing you a new episode every day for as long as we're all on lockdown.

First things first, I hope that you're safe and healthy.

I hope that you're following all of the common sense guidelines

and that you're taking your advice only from trained medical professionals.

And I hope that you're treating this with the seriousness it deserves.

Unfortunately, not everyone is,

and that just might mean that this lasts longer than it needs to.

So please, be smart, stay positive, and look out for one another.

Now in yesterday's episode, I read you an essay from Washington Irving's Old Christmas Collection.

There are five pieces in that collection, and for the next consecutive four days, I'll be reading

you the rest of them. But Christmas from the quarantine won't be all story time,

although there's nothing wrong with that. In fact, I have plenty of other classic Christmas

stories queued up to read for you, and a couple of contemporary ones as well. But I'll be

bringing you some interviews and collaborations with my other friends in the Christmas

podcasting world. Again, you can look for a new episode

every day in your podcast feed until we are all out of this. Because now more than ever,

we could all use a little Christmas spirit. And with that in mind, I have a little favor to ask you.

If you know someone who would enjoy this show, please tell them about it. Or leave a review for it

on Apple Podcasts. Both of those are

really quick and painless ways to show your support, and they really do make a big difference of

bringing more members into the Christmas past family. The piece I'm reading today is called

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