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A Christmas Mood

Song · Jean Shepherd · December 22, 1972 · 41 min · 5,913 words

The transcript of “A Christmas Mood”, an episode of Jean Shepherd first broadcast December 22, 1972. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Santa's North Pole Radio plays Jean Shepherd free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Freezing on the trolley, the 50 feet, look up at the 50 feet, hey, hold it there, hold it there, hold it there. Does anybody have the rest of the lyrics to that deck the halls with Boston Charlie, Walla Walla Wash and Kalamazoo, Norman's freezing under trolley, da da da da da da da.

I could think right there, Walt Kelly was there, right? It's a famous pogo thing. Dic, the halls with, Boston, Charlie, Walla Walla Wash, and Kalamazoo, Normans, Freezing, Con, that's probably. Oh, listen, for those of you who are hung up on facts, the Incidental Trivia type stuff, we have a bit of information here.

If you're having Christmas card problems, and I just don't have that problem, I gave up sending any type of Christmas card some time ago. I don't. I'm me in the Ebenezer's food. We just walk around and say, bah, habug. Yeah, more it's not that I'm against Christmas. It's just not a pipe garment. I mean I walk

around and I open Christmas cards. And for the benefit of those of you who are, you know hung up on facts, Christmas cards, the first Christmas card was engraved by Louis Prang at Roxbury Mass. When do you think the first Christmas card was sold ever? What did you get?

Do you think the 1967? What did you say? I mean, let's face it that nobody has a memory that goes past at the very outside 1965 in this year. Nobody wants to concede. I remember anything because the more you admit you remember, the more you concede the time is passed in your life.

If you could possibly arrange it so you couldn't remember yesterday, you would have been born full-blown this morning. And everyone could see you, the youngest guy, and they sit there out there, oh, Henry's looking for the martinis.

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