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Holiday Music Programming Schedule


December 23
7-8 PM Christmas at Luther College

8-9 PM Saint Paul Sunday Holiday Special


December 24
9-10:30 AM Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

10:30 AM-NOON Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker

NOON-1 PM Jonathan Winters' A Christmas Carol
All News and Information Stations, including 91.1 in the Twin Cities

11:15 PM Midnight Mass From Saint John's University


December 25
7-8:30 PM Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

11 AM-NOON Cool Yule: The Flip Side of Holiday Music
All News and Information Stations, including 91.1 in the Twin Cities

NOON-1 PM Home for the Holidays With Minnesota Public Radio
All News and Information Stations, including 91.1 in the Twin Cities


January 1
10 AM-NOON New Year's From Vienna

7 PM Beethoven's Ninth — The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Put your words to the sounds of the season!
We're no longer accepting Happy Merry lyric submissions, but you can read the entries we've received. See who rewrote the holiday classics! Happy Merry Lyric Contest.

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Holiday Web Features
Giving Thanks combines traditional fare with unexpected delights. For Thanksgiving 2003, we've invited some wonderful guests to the program, including Wendy Wasserstein, Donald Hall, and highlights from the Broadway production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town.

An American Thanksgiving with the Dale Warland Singers.

The Morning Show Holiday Pageant
The show featured performances by Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, whose repertoire covers bluegrass, swing, and traditional folk music. A centerpiece of the evening was the Morning Show Players' retelling of a Frank Capra classic we now call "Wonderful, It's a Life."

Cool Yule: The Flip Side of Holiday Music
American Routes' Nick Spitzer and the resident conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra , Bill Eddins, bring their favorite holiday music selections and talk about them. MPR's Julie Amacher serves as moderator to bring out the personalities of her guests.

Home for the Holidays with Minnesota Public Radio
Listen Julie Amacher hosts an hour of holiday memories and traditions with the hosts of Minnesota Public Radio. Guests include Cathy Wurzer, Scott Simon, Gary Eichten, and Lianne Hansen.

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Minnesota Public Radio celebrates 25 years of the live Christmas Eve broadcasts from Kings College Chapel, Cambridge, England.

Holiday Music Picks
Where do you go for memorable recordings of holiday music? The Minnesota Public Radio Staff lists their favorites

Echoes of Christmas
Embrace the magic of the season with the annual broadcast of the Dale Warland Singers' Christmas program. Listen online.

Welcome! Christmas!
Listen to VocalEssence's holiday festivities, with host John Birge and VE music director Philip Brunelle.



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