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Publisher's Summary
Gather 'Round the Sound: Holiday Stories from Beloved Authors and Great Performers Across the Globe
2017 has been a monumental year for Audible, having just celebrated our 20th anniversary, a milestone that would have never been possible without our wonderful and loyal listeners. One of our major commitments is bringing new and diverse audio experiences to our members, so this year, as our gift to you, we pulled together a collection that reflects a little bit of everything we've been up to recently: a surprising and heartwarming documentary, a selection of stories from our partners around the world, and even some improvised comedic carols we hope will make you laugh as much as they did us.
The lineup includes:
Zip Code 12345
This mini-documentary centers around a peculiar holiday tradition at General Electric's headquarters in Schenectady, NY. For two decades, GE has been receiving thousands of letters from kids - children who think they're reaching Santa Claus. And every year, a handful of GE employees give up their December lunchbreaks to respond to each and every letter.
An Aussie Night Before Christmas, by Yvonne Morrison, performed by Magda Szubanksi
This rollicking rewrite of the famous old poem 'Twas The Night Before Christmas gives the original version a hilarious Aussie twist. Magda Szubanski, Australia's most trusted personality, caries this incredibly fun romp. Kangaroos pulling the sleigh, a beer for Santa, and all the over-the-top Australian lingo, it's everything you'd expect.
The Music Coming from the House, by Paulo Coehlo, performed by Daniel Frances-Berenson
In this magical story from the author of The Alchemist - the master of the modern parable - a disguised king visits a poor village, and what he sees through the window of a house changes his life, and those of the occupants.
The Signal-man, by Charles Dickens, performed by Simon Callow, Dan Starkey, and John Banks
For literature lovers, the holiday season needs a little Dickens. We dug up a story of his that you may not be familiar with, originally published in the Christmas edition of a Victorian short story periodical. Of course, ghosts are involved in this 19th century work told by Simon Callow (Outlander) and Dan Starkey (Dr. Who).
A Very Improvised Holiday Musical
What would the holidays be without some carols? Vern, a New York City-based improv troupe, performs a few improvised holiday songs.
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- valshopaholic
- 28-12-2017
Starts out well then descended into some kind of hell
The first few tracks were wonderful. I enjoyed hearing the GE Santa Claus story but by the last track, I felt like I was trapped in the worst party in the world. I had to stop it before the end.
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- Phillip
- 12-12-2017
WHAT WAS THAT!
The end was GOD awful! It started out OK and then went down hill and never came back.
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- Catherine Puma
- 12-12-2017
There's a reason this is free
Having stories from the US, Australia and the UK were cute, but the poorly put together portions of this piece prevent me from ever wanting to listen to this again.
The Zip Code 12345 story goes on for way too long and is narrated in a weak imitation of Serial/This American Life type of podcast, which is highly jarring and prevents listeners from getting into the actual story.
Also, STOP LISTENING as soon as the last improv Christmas carol skit begins. Every bit of it is awful and not worth it, like the worst of SNL and office holiday parties vomiting all over a fake Christmas tree.
The Charles Dickens story was great, but it was an extreme disservice to the story to include it with this mismatch disaster. Last year's Christmas stories were 1,000X better.
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- ZOE R
- 12-12-2017
Holidays
Good to listen to some stories and especially because it was free. Thank you audible
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- AmazonDenizen
- 12-12-2017
Why?
What possessed you all to make this? The selections are random, far too eclectic for a coherent collection, and the one at the party is just weird. Maybe keep the Aussie Night Before Christmas and then add to it David Sedaris' Six to Eight Black Men and make a collection of Christmas pieces from around the world that are actually Christmas pieces. The use made of the particular Dickens and Coelho selections for Christmas purposes was tangential at best, maybe, only maybe, parabolic. Just using a famous author doesn't constitute coherence in the collection. Again, why did you make this? Not worth listening to even as a freebie.
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- R. Losciale
- 10-12-2017
touching and amusing collection of Holiday storie
especially loves the Zip Code 12345 piece...reminded me why we honor Christmas! thank you, audible!!
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- RodR
- 10-12-2017
Starts great, gets really bad on the last two bits
The 12345 story was fun and inspiring.
The King story was touching.
The Dickens tale had nothing to do with Christmas.
The musical skit lasted about twenty seconds after they started singing, skipped through it at ten second intervals and all of it was terrible.
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- Frank
- 10-12-2017
A Merry Thank You Audible Staff!
I loved the GE story .....it brought to mind the "Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus" story and when all is dark and dreary and the task of family obligations and such looms high, it is nice to sit back and enjoy (and remember) what Christmas is all about .
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- Denise Frank
- 10-12-2017
Neat
Nice collection though in honesty the caroling part made my head hurt. The GE Christmas letter tale was heart warming. The Dickens tale unique. Thank you
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- Shrimp Ramen
- 11-12-2017
Festive Smattering of Fun
Only spaced out for the Dickens short story, whereas the other three selections held my attention. Felt buoyed by a bit of season's cheer by the end, so served its purpose nicely.
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- Margaret Morse
- 10-12-2017
Holiday enjoyment
Was great holiday entertainment. Family enjoyed the Australian version of Night before Christmas. Over an enjoyable listen and addition to my audible collection. Thank you.
22 of 26 people found this review helpful