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Holiday Stories Episodes

Some of the greatest old holiday stories that remind us why we celebrate

Dec. 3, 2025

CHRISTMAS JENNY by MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN

A single woman living alone on a mountain within sight of a little town raises the curiousity of the town's inhabitants who share rumors about the strange menagerie she keeps in her shabby hut on the mountain. When the church...

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Nov. 30, 2025

WHISTLING DICK'S CHRISTMAS STOCKING by O.HENRY

This was the first short story penned under the name O.Henry- and its a great classic, offering a tale of a wanderer named Whistling Dick who, finding New Orleans no longer friendly to hoboes, hits the road for better chances...

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Nov. 26, 2025

ANN MARY; HER TWO THANKSGIVINGS by MARY E .WILKINS FREEMAN

A little girl is temporarily abandoned on Thanksgiving when her family has to rush away to the next town to care for an ailing relative

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Nov. 23, 2025

HOW WE KEPT THANKSGIVING AT OLDTOWN by HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

How was Thanksgiving celebrated in the 1860's? After the Civil War, affairs of home and hearth became much more important to families who suffered so much loss during the Civil War. Harriet Beecher Stowe was of the important...

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Nov. 9, 2025

THE COUNTRY COTTAGE and THE SCHOOL MISTREESS by ANTON CHEKHOV

So much for that quiet holiday weekend so longed for by these two newlyweds! It's FAMILY TIME!!!! Anton Chekhov’s "A Country Cottage" centers on two young newlyweds, Sasha and Varya, who are enjoying profound, almost dream-li...

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Oct. 26, 2025

HOLIDAYS ARE HERE AS 1001 HEROES AND 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES GO 10…

The Holidays are approaching and at 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast our shows themes every Sunday will be turning to FAMILY and HONOR -SINCE MANY OF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT BRINGING FAMILY TOGETHER, RECO...

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Dec. 24, 2023