Holiday Storytime

Join Aspen Public Radio during CrossCurrents each Saturday beginning on November 28 for holiday story time! Aspen Public Radio staff are reading their favorite tales this holiday season to soothe and delight our listeners.

A Child's Christmas in Wales
by Dylan Thomas
read by Nikki Boxer
A Welsh poet recalls the cats, uncles and useless presents of the celebration of Christmas in Wales and the feelings it evoked in him as a child.

The Polar Express
by Chris Van Allsburg
read by Andrew Todd
A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa.

The Gift of the Magi
by O. Henry
read by Marci Krivonen
Set in New York at the turn of the twentieth century, this classic piece of American literature is a moving tale of one young couple's love and sacrifice.

The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein
read by Christy Garfield
The famous tale of self-sacrifce and the human condition about a relationship between a young boy and a tree in a forest.

Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
by Francis Church
read by Debbie Welden
A reporter's response to a young girl's 1897 letter to the New York Sun asking whether Santa Claus truly existed...a beloved holiday literary tradition!

The Velveteen Rabbit
by Margery Williams
read by Carolyne Heldman
The timeless story of a stuffed rabbit and his quest to become real through the love of his owner.