The Winter Cherries: Holiday Tales from Around the World (The Odds Bodkin Storytelling Library)

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Summary: An On-the-Road Christmas Eve Tradition
Review: Our family has made a tradition of listening to this audiocassette of holiday stories once a year as we travel over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's house on Christmas Eve. "Winter Cherries" is the favorite, but the others are enjoyable as well--and varied. One line from "Winter Cherries" never fails to "get" me--"he flew through his mind back to..." The accents and voices enhance the stories (we don't find them difficult to understand at all--in fact, sometimes one of us will mimic one of the voices suddenly in mid-July, and we all smile). The coordination of the music and voice is impressive. This audiocassette has made the car trip on Christmas Eve a shared experience that we all look forward to. Give it a try!