Welcome back to the Lit for Christmas party, the podcast where the Christmas spirits flow all year long!
For this little pre-LFC party, Marty imbibes in some Fireball Hot Chocolate and shares his essay "Spooks of Christmas." The big LFC party will commence in a few days. In the meantime, enjoy a little Christmas ghost story.
BONUS POINTS: Contact Marty and tell him how much you love his essay.
RECIPE FOR FIREBALL HOT CHOCOLATE:
Ingredients:
Hot Chocolate
3 oz. Fireball Whiskey
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:
"Angels We Have Heard on High Grand Piano French Christmas Carol from the 18th Century 1881" by Julius H, used courtesy of Pixabay.
The Muppet Christmas Carol sound clip from:
The Muppet Christmas Carol. Directed by Brian Henson, Walt Disney Pictures, 1992.
This episode's Christmas lit:
Achatz, Martin. "Spooks of Christmas."
