The Moth Radio Hour: Menorahs, Presents and Palm Trees - December Holiday Stories

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.6 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this special December holiday hour, stories about celebration, differing traditions, and family. A mother and son do their best to keep the gifting spirit alive, a daughter tries to fulfill her mother’s wish for a Trinidadian feast, and a man waits and waits for the perfect moment to kiss a date. Those and more stories in this episode. Hosted by The Moth's Executive Producer, Sarah Austin Jenness. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

Storytellers:

Peter Aguero and his mother exchange holiday gifts made of paper.

Tracey Segarra sends a Hanukkah card that her mother-in-law takes issue with.

Steve Glickman attempts to escape a snowy Chicagoan Christmas for Puerto Vallarta.

Dawn Fraser is tasked to find the perfect ingredients for a Trinidadian Christmas.

Evan Lunt takes his grandmother’s menorah to college as a keepsake of her.

Bernie Somers counts down to a first kiss on New Year's Eve with a romantic interest.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, Moth listeners, it's Leanne.
0:02.2	You're about to hear a great story, and the reason why is because of the direct support of listeners like you.
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0:26.2	Thanks for listening.
0:42.2	This is the Moth Radio Hour from PRX.
0:43.8	I'm Sarah Austin-Ginn-S.
0:46.9	This is our annual December holiday episode.
0:56.0	We have stories of feasts, traditions, celebrating, not celebrating, connecting with family and friends, and just wanting to be alone. Six stories that explore the mixed emotions that come with this last month in the year.
1:01.0	Our first storyteller is Moth veteran Peter Aguero.
1:05.0	Peter calls this story, Me and Mama versus Christmas.
1:09.0	Lots of people go overboard at Christmas.
1:11.8	It's a time of excess.
1:13.6	The decorations and the gifts and the food,
1:16.2	but what if money is tight?
1:18.7	Peter told this story at a moth night we produced
1:21.2	in partnership with West Virginia Public Radio.
1:24.5	Here's Peter Aguero.
1:29.5	So I just finished my first semester of college, and I have a big bag of laundry,
1:35.9	and I come through the door of the house, and things aren't looking too good for me and my mom.
1:41.7	The first thing I notice is that the piano's gone. She had that
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