What happens
Vic and Sade discuss the North Dakota River Bottom Revel, a winter custom in which a group of young men calls at houses after midnight to sing and be treated to refreshments. Sade is skeptical that the visitors deserve more than a little hospitality, while Vic teases her about the upcoming callers. The episode is a Christmas Day broadcast from the Vic and Sade series, first aired on December 25, 1941, with Bernardine Flynn and Bill Idelson in the lead roles. Much of the conversation turns on how many visitors are expected, what time they will arrive, and what food and drink the household should provide. The story is light and domestic, centred on the couple's banter and their neighbours.
A house in a small town on Christmas Day, with the couple preparing for a late-night visit from a group of revelers.
Characters: Vic, Sade
Listen for: Sade's doubts about the custom and the ongoing count of how many visitors are coming, which keeps changing.
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.