"The Cinnamon Bear" Radio Show
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In 1937, a radio
show debuted that became an American secular tradition: "The Cinnamon
Bear."
These radio shows are a series of shows that form one story, a story
meant to be listened to in the weeks just before Christmas. They were
originally
broadcast starting on the day after the American Thanksgiving (or on
Thanksgiving Day, depending on the radio station), and then for six
days a week thereafter, ending on Christmas Eve. They've
been aired somewhere in the United States every year since.
The show is a totally secular adventure tale for children, centered
around a brother
and sister who venture into Maybeland to find the lost silver star that
once adorned their Christmas tree. Each episode is no longer than 13
minutes.
A nightly listening to one of these shows might delight your children
(if they're as easily delighted as the children of 1937 were) and be
something that can accompany the opening of your Advent Calendar
windows. There are 26 episodes in all, so if you start listening on
December 1, you'll have to listen to the first 3 episodes on December
1, and then to one each night thereafter in order to wrap things up on
Christmas Eve. Here is "The Cinnamon Bear" in mp3 format:
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