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CR Episode 157: Washington Irving’s Christmas

CR Episode 157: Washington Irving’s Christmas

Published 3 years, 9 months ago
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Peacock Pie, by Randolph Caldecott (from Irving's Sketch Book)
Peacock Pie, by Randolph Caldecott (from Irving’s Sketch Book)

Released on 9 January 2023:

The panel reads Washington Irving’s Christmas sequence from The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., and examines how its portrayal of an old-fashioned, English Christmas served to influence attitudes towards the ideal of Christmas in the United States.

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