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Hanukkah Lights 2024

Celebrate the festival of lights with Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz's favorite Hanukkah stories.

December 24, 2024
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  • Susan Stamberg and
  • Murray Horwitz

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  • Music

Celebrate 2024 with Toast of the Nation

Ring in the New Year with electric live performances by Hiromi, Red Baraat, Jonathan Scales Fourchestra and Lizz Wright.

December 28, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah Geledi and
  • Simon Rentner

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  • Religion

Hanukkah Lights 2023

Hear some of our favorite stories about the festival of lights, plus a special Tiny Desk performance by The LeeVees.

December 07, 2023
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  • GPB Newsroom
David Sedaris recounts tales from his time as a department store elf in <em>Santaland Diaries.</em>

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  • Arts & Life

David Sedaris reads from 'Santaland Diaries,' a Christmastime classic

Sedaris' darkly funny account of his stint as a Macy's department store Christmas elf named Crumpet has been a hallmark of the Morning Edition airwaves for 30 holiday seasons.

December 23, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman,
  • Barry Gordemer,
  • and 1 more

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  • Arts & Life

'Tis the season. David Sedaris reads 'Santaland Diaries'

It may not be your typical feel-good holiday classic, but it's an NPR tradition: On Morning Edition, the humorist again tells fantastical stories based on his real-life job as a Macy's Christmas elf.

December 23, 2021
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By:
  • Barry Gordemer and
  • Emma Bowman
Our annual <em>Hanukkah Lights </em>celebrates stories of the season.

Hanukkah Lights 2021

For the 31st anniversary of Hanukkah Lights, Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz revisit old favorites.

November 28, 2021
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  • Susan Stamberg and
  • Murray Horwitz

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  • Arts & Life

It Must Be Christmastime. David Sedaris Reads 'Santaland Diaries'

In Santaland Diaries, humorist David Sedaris describes his time working as a department store elf named Crumpet. Here, Sedaris again reads as Crumpet — an NPR holiday tradition.

December 24, 2020
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  • David Sedaris
Our annual <em>Hanukkah Lights </em>celebrates stories of the season.

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  • Music

Hanukkah Lights: 2020

Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz read new stories from authors Erica Landis, Magin LaSov Gregg, Anna Megdell, Mikhal Weiner and Lara Pasternak Robicheaux for our annual Hanukkah Lights special.

December 10, 2020
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By:
  • Susan Stamberg and
  • Murray Horwitz
Pianist Kenny Barron performs as the audience looks out at the Opera House at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C..

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  • Concerts

A Jazz Piano Christmas: 2020

This year's edition of A Jazz Piano Christmas features REDWOOD, Cory Henry and Kenny Barron. We're celebrating the holidays with swing from the East Coast jazz scene.

December 09, 2020
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By:
  • Felix Contreras
Joan Baez performs "Rexroth's Daughter" during this hour-long Mountain Stage holiday special.

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  • Concerts

Joan Baez, Bruce Cockburn, Odetta And More On Mountain Stage's Holiday Special

Listen to seasonal performances by Loudon Wainwright III, Holly Cole, The Roches and more, all recorded live on the Mountain Stage.

December 01, 2020
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  • Adam Harris

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  • Concerts

The Paul Winter Consort's Annual Winter Solstice Celebration

On the darkest night of the year, the Paul Winter Consort celebrate the winter solstice at New York's Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

December 01, 2020
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