Christmas Miscellany 2023 - Various
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PART I THE CHRISTMAS GHOST UNEMPLOYMENT IN ONE OF OUR OLDEST INDUSTRIES by Stephen Leacock the other night i was sitting up late way after nine o'clock thinking about christmas because it was getting near at hand and like everybody else who muses on that subject i was thinking of the great changes that have taken place in regard to christmas i was contrasting christmas in the old country house of a century ago with the fires roaring up the chimneys and christmas in the modern apartment on the ninth floor with the gasoline generator turned on for the maid's bath i was thinking of the old stage-coach on the snowy road with its roof piled high with christmas turkeys and a rosy-faced guard blowing on a key bugle and the passengers getting down every mile or so at a crooked inn to drink hot spiced ale and i was comparing all that with the upper berth number six car to twenty train number fifty three
i was thinking of the christmas landscape of long ago when night settled down upon it with a twinkle of light from the houses miles apart among the spruce trees and contrasting the scene with the glare of motor lights upon the highways of to-day i was thinking of the lonely highwayman shivering round with his clumsy pistols and comparing the poor fellow's efforts with the high-class bandits of to-day blowing up a steel express car with nitroglycerine and disappearing in a roar of gasoline explosions in other words i was contrasting yesterday and to-day and on the whole yesterday seemed all to the good nor was it only the warmth and romance and snugness of the old christmas that seemed superior to our days but christmas carried with it then a special kind of thrill with its queer terrors its empty heats its lonely graveyards and its house that stood alone in a wood haunted
and thinking of that it occurred to me how completely the ghost business seems to be dying out of our christmas literature not so very long ago there couldn't be a decent christmas story or christmas adventure without a ghost in it whereas nowadays and just at that moment i looked and saw that there was a ghost in the room i can't imagine how he got in but there he was sitting in the other easy chair in the dark corner away from the firelight he had on my own dressing-gown and one saw but little of his face are you a ghost i asked yes he said worse luck i am i noticed as he spoke that he seemed to wave and shiver as if he were made of smoke i couldn't help but pity the poor fellow he seemed so immaterial do you mind he went on in the same dejected tone if i sit here and haunt you for a while by all means i said please do
thanks he answered i haven't had anything decent to work on for years and years this is christmas eve isn't it yes i said christmas eve used to be my busiest night the ghost complained best night of the whole year and now
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–5:30
2
What is the opening Christmas Ghost story by Stephen Leacock about?
5:30–45:15
3
How does Samuel Pepys describe Christmas celebrations in the 1660s?
45:15–1:02:35
4
What lesson do the animals learn from the Christmas tree discussion?
1:02:35–1:19:30
5
Why is the ‘Lost Word’ considered a Christmas legend in Part 4?
1:19:30–1:35:13
6
How do the animals organize a Christmas tree in Part 5?
1:35:13–1:54:16
7
What challenges does Hyacinth face while carving the sandalwood cabinet?
1:54:16–2:08:51
8
How does Hermas’ journey through Antioch reflect his spiritual struggle?
2:08:51–4:03:37