Every holiday season, RISK! fans ask about this small handful of yuletide perennial favorites. Well here they all are, wrapped up in one neat package with a bow. Unwrap and enjoy these stories from Elna Baker, Kevin Allison, Sarah Long Hendershot, and Kate Bohl.
š¤Live Story: For the Love of Nubb...
Every holiday season, RISK! fans ask about this small handful of yuletide perennial favorites. Well here they all are, wrapped up in one neat package with a bow. Unwrap and enjoy these stories from Elna Baker, Kevin Allison, Sarah Long Hendershot, and Kate Bohl.
š¤Live Story: For the Love of Nubbins by Elna Baker
Selling expensive, real-looking baby dolls for the holiday season at FAO Schwartz, Elna āadoptsā an unpopular one she calls Nubbins, a Black babydoll. When the doll is bought, Elna grieves.
š¤Radio Story: The Allison Family Christmas Tree by Kevin Allison
Inspired by a Charlie Brown Christmas, Kevinās dad begins a Christmas Tree procuring tradition in the early 70s that gets more complex and includes more people each year, featuring long distance travel, the Catholic Mass, and dirty diapers.
š¤Radio Story: The Present by Sarah Long Hendershot
During a brutally cold winter, Sarah was a single mother with an 11-year old son, but she was out of work and on the verge of going homeless. Then a present arrived. A box filled with money. It was a fellow musician who suspected she might need it.
š¤Radio Story: Snowglobe by Kate (neĆ© Kevin) Bohl
Kate (at the time, Kevin) is locking up her bar as a blizzard begins. A beautiful young woman begs to come in for a moment to gather her bearings before figuring out how to get home. They slow dance to Billie Holiday
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