The Moth Radio Hour
Unexpected gifts of December
A special holiday hour from The Moth. The unexpected gifts of December: holiday customs, brand new traditions, flying cows, fruit, luminaries and a magical forest.
Adam Ruben is at a loss when it comes to buying Christmas gifts.
Pierre Epstein (pictured) is a little boy tracking the progress of his Uncle Igor's escape from Nazi-occupied France.
Ed McCarthy breaks into the house he grew up in to rescue a precious box of Christmas decorations.
Katie Fales' grandfather is a rancher who was to rescue a bunch of stranded steer.
Catherine McCarthy finally admits she's homesick during Christmas in Thailand.
David Freiberg and his son are amazed by an accidental forest during a blizzard in NYC.
Denise Scheurmann has a terminally ill father but her neighbors don't forget to light her Christmas luminaries.
Hosted by The Moth's Executive Producer, Sarah Austin Jenness.
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Photo; Jason Falchook