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Welcome to our Christmas Eve Lit for Christmas party!

In this episode, Marty and his friend and new cohost and co-drunk, Andrea, talk about the meaning of life, joy, and Christmas as they discuss Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air.  It’s
an episode that’s sure to appreciate your loved ones this holiday season. 

BONUS POINTS: Take a shot anytime you hear a terrible dad joke!  WARNING: THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM!

GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT:

The Brain Cocktail (recipe adapted from cookingchanneltv.com)

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 shots of peach schnapps (substitute peach juice for virgin version)
• 1 1/2 shots of Bailey's Irish Cream (substitute Bailey's Coffee Creamer for virgin version)
• Dash of grenadine

Directions:

1. Pour peach schnapps in a glass.
2. Slowly add Bailey's Irish Cream, allowing it to clot.
3. Slowly drizzle with a dash of grenadine on top.

GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT NONALCOHOLIC ALTERNATIVE:

Use ingredients and follow above directions, making the substitutions listed above.

YOUR HOSTS

Marty has a 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, also on Anchor.fm.  Marty is
a writer, blogger, wine sipper, easy drunk, and poetry obsessor ho puts his Christmas tree up in mid-October and refuses to take it down until the snow starts melting.

Andrea has had several careers and has a hard time labeling herself.  She has an art degree from Michigan State and considers herself an anti-social hockey mom, timid badass, and defender of public resources.  She currently works at Peter White Public Library as the hype girl.

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.

Other music in the episode:

McLachlan, Sarah.  "In the Bleak Midwinter."  Wintersong by Sarah McLachlan.  Arista, 2006.

A Christmas Carol sound clips from:

The Campbell Theater 1939 radio production of A Christmas Carol, narrated by Orson Welles and starring Lionel Barrymore.

This month's Christmas lit:

Kalanithi, Paul.  When Breath Becomes Air.  Vintage, 2017.