Episode Twelve: Christmas Day and "Christmas Roses"

Merry Christmas, all you Lit for Christmas partiers!

Welcome to this bonus Christmas Day party! For this special Lit for Christmas party, Marty shares his essay "Christmas Roses."

BONUS POINTS: Tell someone you love them today.

TODAY'S CHRISTMAS SPIRIT:

Peppermint Patty

Directions:

• Make a mug of hot chocolate
• Add three to four shots of peppermint schnapps
• Drink

Lit for Christmas Party Host:

Marty has an Master's in fiction writing, MFA in poetry writing, and teaches in the English Department at Northern Michigan University in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He served two terms at Poet Laureate of the Upper Peninsula, and has published the poetry collection The Mysteries of the Rosary from Mayapple Press. For more of Marty's thoughts and writing visit his blog Saint Marty (saintmarty-marty.blogspot.com) or listen to his other podcast Confessions of Saint Marty, also on Anchor.fm. Marty is a writer, blogger, wine sipper, easy drunk, and poetry obsessor who puts his Christmas tree up in mid-October and refuses to take it down until the snow starts melting.

Music for this episode:

"Jingle Bells Jazzy Style" by Julius H, used courtesy of Pixabay.

"A Christmas Treat" by Magic-828, used courtesy of Pixabay.

A Christmas Carol sound clips from:

The Campbell Theater 1939 radio production of A Christmas Carol, narrated by Orson Welles and starring Lionel Barrymore.

Additional Episode Music:

"Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming" by The O'Neill Brothers

This episode's Christmas lit:

Achatz, Martin. "Christmas Roses."