The Moth Radio Hour
Holiday Special 2015: Sing Sing, Ornaments, Car Accidents, and Curses
A family tradition endures community-wide scandal, a single woman tries to find her soulmate for Hanukkah, a daughter honors her mother's last Christmas wish, a guard works New Year's Eve at Sing Sing prison, and the holiday spirit fills an emergency room.
A special holiday edition of The Moth Radio Hour: Tricia Rose Burt tries to reunite her family with Christmas ornaments. Thirty-eight and single, Amy Klein is told by a Rabbi in Jerusalem that she'll meet her husband by Hanukkah. Alexandra Rosas (pictured) honors her mother's last Christmas wish and gives her son one last gift from his grandmother. Ted Conover, a writer working undercover as a corrections officer, witnesses New Year's Eve at Sing Sing prison. And the holiday spirit fills an emergency room when Matthew Dicks, who has just finished Christmas shopping for all his friends, gets in a near fatal car accident.This hour is hosted by The Moth's artistic director, Catherine Burns.
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