Do a little searching at your favorite search engine and you’ll find a plethora of online entertainment for the Christmas season - some new and some much older.
Podcasts
There’s a lot of talent out there and today’s technology has made it easier for many of these people to create and collaborate. As just a sampling, let me suggest a few destinations: "A Podcast Christmas Carol" – this is the Dickens’ classic only this particular version was created as a collaborative project by Podcasters from around the world who contributed separate pieces which were then assembled. You can hear it at apodcastchristmascarol.org
But, if you’re more interested in an updated version, try "A Geek Christmas Carol".
The creators describe it this way: "With his old friend Steve Marley and 3 ghosts of Tech Christmas past in tow, Scrooge is confronted with the decisions he is making and the life that he has had before…" You'll find it at friendsintech.com.
Streaming Audio
Also online, but straight out of last century, are a couple of streaming gems from the Golden Age of Radio.
At a web page entitled, “KIBM Presents Christmas Old Time Radio” you can enjoy "Miracle on 34th Street" from December 23rd, 1949 and "It’s a Wonderful Life" from May 8th, 1949. You can listen to both programs in their entirety online at www.archive.org.
Blubrry.com has posted the “Bob Hope Christmas Special in Berlin” from 1947 featuring Bob Hope, with guests Doris Day and Irving Berlin. Head on over to blubrry.com.
Satellite Radio
Besides podcasts and streaming audio, Satellite Radio subscribers have a multitude of choices for holiday program.
XM will air a special holiday episode of Bob Dylan's weekly program, "Theme Time Radio Hour," on December 20. In addition to music, the two-hour show will also feature a complete reading by Dylan of the classic poem, "Twas the Night Before Christmas," as well as his recitations of other holiday-themed anecdotes and commentary on holiday traditions around the world.
The Dylan special episode airs at 10 a.m. ET on XM's Deep Tracks (Channel 40), with additional airings on XM through the end of the month.
