Tag: Christmas
New Orleans Christmas
That’s the famous Heritage Hall Jazz Band with their version of the classic Christmas song, “Silver Bells,” on a new recording from Putamayo called New Orleans Christmas.
Christmas Stories
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Rereading-Holiday-Stories.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 12/12/2006 Christmas Stories Transcript As someone who has always wanted “just one more story,”I spend a great deal of time each year reading books that are new — at least to me. But, every December, I immerse myself once again in a collection of […]
Waiting
For Shelley Fraser Mickle, the holidays are not only a time for celebration, but also for waiting.
An Atlas for the Holidays
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/An-Atlas-for-the-Holidays.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 12/17/2004 An Atlas for the Holidays Transcript The shelves and display tables at book and discount stores are overloaded with children’s books during the holidays. One hardly knows where to begin: there are new series of books for younger children that are meant to […]
A Child’s Christmas in Wales
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/A-Childs-Christmas-in-Wales.mp3 Author Lauren Brosnihan Air Date 12/25/2003 A Child’s Christmas in Wales Transcript Though it’s a small country, many Christmas holiday traditions have their origins in Wales. For instance, some musicologists believe one of the most joyful and exuberant carols, “Deck the Halls” to be of Welsh origin. Caroling fits […]
Warbling Through the Holidays
That’s the Montreal Ornithological Orchestra with a chorus of goldfinches, geese, cuckoos, crows, larks, loons, orioles, robins, swallows, tanagers, and turtle doves with a version of an old holiday favorite that’s sure to put a chirp in your step.
Santa and the Airship
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/A-Christmas-Mistake.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 12/5/2003 Santa and the Airship Transcript For hundreds of years, the fastest most efficient way to get around in the winter was the sleigh and for hundreds of years Santa has depended on a sleigh to get toys to all the good boys and […]
The Other Nutcracker
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Other-Nutcracker.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 12/23/2002 The Other Nutcracker Transcript Wooden nutcrackers arose from the old German tradition of hanging nuts dipped in goldleaf on a Christmas Tree. Something equally decorative was needed to open these festive nuts. From the fanciful, functional figurines created in the Saxony region of […]
The Unlikely Heroes of Christmas
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Unlikely-Heroes-of-Christmas.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 12/17/2002 The Unlikely Heroes of Christmas Transcript Christmas traditions and holiday festivities have long been associated with words like Merry, Joy, and Celebration. The word Looser, however, hardly comes to mind when thinking of one’s favorite Christmas Carols. The truth is, though, that one […]
St. George and the Dragon
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/St-George-and-the-Dragon.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 12/11/2002 St. George and the Dragon Transcript Christmas time is a time for storytelling, and though many countries have their favorite wintertime folk tales–in England–Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas, without the tale of St. George and the Dragon. The Patron Saint of England, St. […]