Every holiday season, RISK! fans ask about this small handful of yuletide perennial favorites. Well here they all are, wrapped up in one neat package with a bow. Unwrap and enjoy these stories from Elna Baker, Kevin Allison, Sarah Long Hendershot, and Kate Bohl.
š¤Live Story: For the Love of Nubbins by Elna Baker
Selling expensive, real-looking baby dolls for the holiday season at FAO Schwartz, Elna āadoptsā an unpopular one she calls Nubbins, a Black babydoll. When the doll is bought, Elna grieves.
š¤Radio Story: The Allison Family Christmas Tree by Kevin Allison
Inspired by a Charlie Brown Christmas, Kevinās dad begins a Christmas Tree procuring tradition in the early 70s that gets more complex and includes more people each year, featuring long distance travel, the Catholic Mass, and dirty diapers.Ā
š¤Radio Story: The Present by Sarah Long Hendershot
During a brutally cold winter, Sarah was a single mother with an 11-year old son, but she was out of work and on the verge of going homeless. Then a present arrived. A box filled with money. It was a fellow musician who suspected she might need it.Ā
š¤Radio Story: Snowglobe by Kate (neĆ© Kevin) Bohl
Kate (at the time, Kevin) is locking up her bar as a blizzard begins. A beautiful young woman begs to come in for a moment to gather her bearings before figuring out how to get home. They slow dance to Billie Holiday
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