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Christmas Eve Magic

From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Length: 09:13

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Pict0014_small The midst of the silly season and how the magic of guerilla art can save us. A short fairy story about a tree a fairy and a dragon. And the Holiday lights we put up in December.

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Piece Description

The midst of the silly season and how the magic of guerilla art can save us. A short fairy story about a tree a fairy and a dragon. And the Holiday lights we put up in December.

Broadcast History

To air Monday, Dec 24th morning show. Host Susan Diexler

Transcript

Christmas Eve 2007

From time to time you can still see a bumper Sticker which always brings a smile and makes me think to myself, Yes, that?s right. It is the one that says,
?Practice Random Acts of Kindness.?
Here we are, the day before Christmas, and right at the heart of the ?silly season.? A man to man ?beep beep you? cuts across the parking lot of the Village shopping center in Corte Madera. A woman takes time to look up from her cell phone and catch my eye and we laugh a ?Merry Christmas to you,? at each other to make up for the karma of such testosterone rudeness.
I began to think about some of the other random acts that make us smile, every day that we see them. It seems they are often the silent guerilla acts of art that elves of all seasons put about the county and the country. I have a friend who collects old birds nests from her winery and gently tucking them into...
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Timing and Cues

.25' music intro. Ends with a carol, fades down to end credits and then more carol cross fades to Theme again.

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