Episode 6: Christmas
September 16, 2009
It was a little bit weird to listen to the christmas episode…in September. But I suffered through it. I also realized how I came to love David Sedaris so much before i even read his books, he contributes almost every episode.
Ira had some thought provoking things to say. He was talking about how interesting it is that everyone fashions the same Christmas out of the same materials. I mean you’ll have a different Christmas than someone else, but it all starts with the same basic thing ( a Christmas tree, lights, stockings, Santa etc.) But I think it’s interesting what people do with that sameness to make it personal. It easy to say that my (and my brother’s) favorite Christmas tradition was setting up this little train to run around the bottom of our christmas tree. It wasn’t any elaborate train, just a circle. We just had so much fun setting it up together. It’s not the sameness of what we all start with, I think its interesting to see what each family can create to make it personal.
There wasn’t a lot of substance to discuss on this episode (besides Ira’s little thing), honestly. There was a Christmas play by David Sedaris’ radio troupe (Pine Tree Gang) and it was about them taking a writing class to write Christmas stories and get them published. It was a fun little thing to listen to while fighting for campus parking.
I did love the story about the juvenile delinquents. It was a really interesting story. This episode was just one to be heard really. I feel like i’m saying that often. Okay I love TAL and I want everyone else to love it as much as I do!
Alright. I’ve already listened to episode 7, but I’m gonna back track while i’m homeworking to listen to episode 5!
