Welcome to our little Lit for Christmas party this Christmas day!
For this special Lit for Christmas party, Marty drinks solo and shares his essay "How Lovely Are Your Branches" and his poem "Revision Suggestions for Luke."
BONUS POINTS: Every time Marty says the words "Christmas Tree," add more RumChata to your hot chocolate.
TODAY'S CHRISTMAS SPIRIT:
RumChata Hot Chocolate
Directions:
Lit for Christmas Party Hosts:
Amanda got her undergrad at U of M in English, MFA from Goddard College, and JD from Wayne State University Law School. She's a writer, fleece-legging addict, private poetry hoarder, public child herder, heirloom seed collector, candle dripper, cocktail mixer, and Christmas geek.
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, alsoon 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:
"O Tannenbaum" by The Vince Guaraldi Trio
"O Little Town of Bethlehem" by Jesse Wall
This episode's Christmas lit:
Achatz, Martin. "How Lovely Are Your Branches" and "Revision Suggestions for Luke."
