Hey, it's Brian, and I hope by now you're not surprised to find me in your podcast feed so early before Christmas.

These Burr-month bonus episodes are a thing I'm doing now, and I'll be releasing roughly one a week until the 2019 season of Christmas past officially starts on Thanksgiving Day.

These bonus episodes are a little more free form.

I'm sharing stuff with you that I think you'll like and that it will make your Burr months a little

more merry and bright. And today, I'm going to read you a classic Christmas story. Maybe something

to snuggle up with at bedtime on a crisp autumn evening. But before we get to that, let me get

through a handful of quick announcements.

First, thank you to everyone who has left a rating and review recently on Apple Podcasts.

Those reviews let me know what you think, and they help more people find the show.

So if you leave a review, I will send you a Christmas card containing a Christmas past sticker any time of year.

Just get in touch with me at Christmas Past podcast at gmail.com for details.

Second, that email address is also the place to send me your Christmas memory to be included

in an episode this season. Record yourself into your phone's voice recorder app and remember

to keep it short like a minute, give or take, and then send it sometime very soon, because the season will be here before you know it.

Again, that's Christmas Past Podcast at gmail.com.

Third, speaking of the season, I'm doing a live show this year at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair in San Francisco in November.

I'm teaming up with Tim Bab from Can't Wait for Christmas for a fun and very Victorian hour

of Christmas spirit. If you're in the area, I'd love to see you there. Fourth, I'll be appearing

at ChristmasCon in Edison, New Jersey on November 9th. If you haven't heard about it yet, ChristmasCon is a new conference where you can see and meet the stars of your favorite Christmas movies, like Lacey Chabere, Alicia Witt, and Jonathan Bennett.

And I'll be there as part of a Christmas podcasters panel, joined by Tim Bab of Can't Wait for Christmas, Bran, Panda, and Dan from Deck the Hallmark,

and Alonzo Duraldi from The Wrap will moderate.

Get your tickets at That's4 Entertainment.com.

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