What happens
Irma Peterson finds herself alone on Christmas Eve in her New York apartment after her friends cancel plans to be with her. Jane and her friends are the people closest to her, but each of them has a different excuse to be elsewhere. The episode is from the My Friend Irma series and aired on CBS Radio on December 22, 1947, with Marie Wilson and Cathy Lewis in the lead roles. Irma feels deserted and wanders out into the snowy city, while back in the building her friends weigh their own plans and feelings about the holiday.
Christmas Eve in New York City, at an apartment building on West 73rd Street.
Characters: Irma Peterson, Jane, Richard, Mrs. O'Reilly, Professor Kropotkin, Al
Listen for: Irma's frustration as her friends turn down her Christmas Eve party one by one.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.