Welcome back to the Lit for Christmas party, the podcast where the Christmas spirits flow all year long!
For this fourth episode, Marty flies solo and gets more than a little lit on Marty Schnog as he talks about his Christmas essay, "Gloop Christmas." See if you can lay your hands on some eggnog, sit back, and let Marty tell you the story of how a certain yuletide tradition started in his life. Plus, you'll learn what kind of freak Marty really is.
BONUS POINTS: Can you name Marty's least favorite ingredient in any chocolate confection?
RECIPE FOR MARTY SCHNOG:
Ingredients:
4 shots Butterscotch Schnapps
4 oz. eggnog
6 oz. heavy cream (or half-and-half, or milk)
Directions:
Mix eggnog and heavy cream. Pour over ice, if you like. Add butterscotch schnapps and stir.
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.
Pure Imagination sound clips from:
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Gene Wilder, Warner Brothers, 1971.
In Dreams, Wesley Keys, 2018.
This month's Christmas lit:
Achatz, Martin. "Gloop Christmas." 2008.
