I chat with Thomas Ruys Smith, editor of Christmas Past: An Anthology of Seasonal Stories from Nineteenth Century America and Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of East Anglia.

Links from the show:

Christmas Past: An Anthology of Seasonal Stories from Nineteenth Century America [publisher] [Amazon]
Thomas Ruys Smith's author website

Bumper music:

Usual opening: “O Holy Night” by Tiny Tim, “Christmas Doesn’t Last” by Make Like Monkeys, “Santa Claus Boogie” by Hasil Adkins, “Space Age Santa” by Ross Christman
Featured opening/bumper: "Christmas Past" by Holodelic
Bumper/closing: "American Christmas" by Chris Dudley

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Christmas Past, American Xmas Literary History with Thomas Ruys Smith