Yep, They’re Just Around the Corner!
Thought y’all might like a sneak peek at the cover our our Holiday Stories collection, which WILL be available next Monday! These programs are such an integral part of OUR Thanksgiving and Christmas traditions, it just wouldn’t feel like the holiday season without them. Anyway, here’s the cover:
And here’s some comments on these programs from some of our long-time “listeners”…
“Our family has listened to “The Cinnamon Bear” every year since we received it….
I just asked my 9 1/2 year old son what he thinks of it — if he even remembers it? He can’t seem to remember who Thomas Jefferson is from day to day, but he said, “Oh yeah! I remember THAT! I liked it.” That may not sound like a glowing recommendation, but coming from him while he’s engrossed in Lego, it’s huge!!
I enjoy putting the holiday cd’s on while we’re all in one room, yet doing different things. The kids are usually building something, I’m knitting, and hubby is creating something new for his G.I. Joe dioramas. It lends a much more peaceful atmosphere than if we plug in a movie.
I also play them in the car while driving around town, and the ride becomes enjoyable.
The boys seems to “hear” more when they listen to the programs while playing or riding, than if I just have them sit while I read to them.
Thank you Erskines!!” – Julie in CO
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“There were many delights as we listened to your Holiday Stories Collection… We listened starting as soon as it arrived and continued on into January.
One of the greatest treasures we found on the MP3 was a version of “A Christmas Carol” featuring Lionel Barrymore. I sat utterly amazed when I first heard his voice. The first few seconds of the program brought back such a familiarity to me – I had previously thought I would NEVER hear that version again and have missed it every Christmas since getting married and leaving home. My parents had an old LP record of the very same show that we would listen to on our family’s old stereo when I was growing up. We listened to it “to death,” helping bump the needle whenever it got stuck on scratches. =^) That old record has long been lost.
How excited I was to tell my two children that this program was the VERY SAME ONE their mommy and her siblings used to LOVE listening to every Christmas when they were young! I thought there was no way to ever hear that program again, but thanks to you, we are carrying on the tradition of listening that that old favorite, along with many new ones, during the holidays!
(By the way, my daughter was in a thrift store this spring and found a paperback copy of Charles Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol.” She insisted she was old enough to read it and bought it with her own money (she was then 6). Your radio shows spur on much love, familarity, and reading of original classics at our house. Thank you!” — With Thanks, Karla
