Holiday Stories #18

Ty Gentile, James Rana, and David Hu share yuletide tales about
Christmas carols, unorthodox Santas, and of course, excretory
health in our annual winter holidays special for 2025. ️Radio
Story: A Very Moving Christmas by David Hu David’s dad has
Alzheimer’s. David always struggled to understand how to give and
receive love from his immigrant father. But when he buys his dad
dearly needed laxatives for Xmas, it’s a touching moment of
bonding.  ️Radio Story: The Widow’s Song by Ty Gentile
Struggling with homesickness, Ty gets a gig working as a Christmas
elf in costume. He is surprised to find himself crying when an old
widow breaks the tension in the crowd by breaking into song singing
a Christmas carol.  ️Radio Story: Alternative Santa by James
Rana James gets a gig as a Santa and, in spite of being
dark-skinned with a Muslim surname, he takes it and likes it. Then
he’s asked to do a party for Kellyanne Conway (of the Trump
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