Kitty Reads Holiday Lit for Peace: William Dean Howells – Christmas Every Day plus The Next Peacelands

This episode includes a warm, lightly satirical reading from William Dean Howells’ 1892 story Christmas Every Day—a playful tale about abundance, boredom, and the difference between holiday sentiment and daily kindness. Kitty reads a short portion that highlights Howells’ realist clarity and gentle humor.

Kitty O’Compost continues warming up for The Peace Experiments (Season Zero), the forthcoming Peace Is Here series exploring peace, AI, and the cultural commons.

For this special holiday edition of The Next Peacelands, Avis Kalfsbeek changes her focus from the factual grounding of warzones and arms suppliers to highlight the spiritual organizations and networks actively building peace around the world.

• Get the books: www.AvisKalfsbeek.com
• Contact Avis to say hello or share how to say “Peace is Here” in your language: Contact Me Here
• Music: “The Red Kite” by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez

Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW

Intro Music: PulseBox on Pixabay

• Peace Is Here upcoming series: The Peace Experiments (Season Zero)
• William Dean Howells – Christmas Every Day on Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22519