Hello kids, this is Risk, the show where people tell true stories they never thought they

dare to share.

I'm Kevin Allyson, and every Thursday we release these special episodes where we look

back at content from our earlier years.

Sometimes single stories, sometimes whole episodes, keep in mind that years ago people might

have awarded things differently than they would today.

As always, the title of the whole series, Risk, is itself a content warning.

This week a story that I told on the podcast in December of 2020, here I am now, with

the story we call The Allyson Family Christmas Tree Hunt.

One thing I love about Christmas is that it reminds us to cherish memories.

It reminds us how good for the soul it can be to just take the time to remember some of

the better times you've had.

But also when it comes to my family, it reminds me that memories aren't always that accurate.

Well it was absolutely my parents that instilled in me that love of telling stories about

old memories and they always loved old things with sentimental value, old buildings, old

art and music, old traditions.

When I would come home from NYU when I was in college, I always felt so grounding to

come back home and see the place once again all done up in these like Renaissance era and

Victorian era decorations, each one with a story behind it.

Then I've talked on the podcast before about how in the 60s and 70s, my dad was into the

Civil Rights movement and in the 70s he became very curious, very interested about the

Black Power movement.

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