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Originally Broadcast WNIB
Saturday, December 18th, 1982

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapters 19 and 20. To the Golden Grove; the Grand Wunky takes the Wintergreen Witch to exile in the Looking Glass Valley. (24:00)

AMOS ‘N’ ANDY (12-22-44) Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll star in their annual Christ­mas show. Amos’ daughter Arbadella wants a doll for Christmas so Andy takes a job as a department store Santa to earn one for her. Rinso, NBC. (17:25; 13:35)

GRAND CENTRAL STATION (12-19-51) “Miracle for Christmas,” the annual holiday classic presented for the sixth year. A cynical ambulance driver and a mysterious Dr. Mason make their holiday rounds of mercy. Pillsbury Cake Flour, CBS. (16:30; 10:35)

PHIL HARRIS-ALICE FAYE SHOIN (12-26-48) Phil cannot understand why he didn’t get a Christmas gift from his sponsor, Rexall. Elliott Lewis, Walter Tetley, Gale Gordon. Rexall, NBC. (12:58; 11:00; 5:17)

FRANKLYN MAC CORMACK SHOW (12-23­49) On the Friday before Christmas, broadcasting from a new studio, Mac reads poetry appropriate to the holiday season. Harold Turner at the Organ. Chicago Sunday Tribune, WGN/WGNB Chicago. (14:40)

FIBBER MC GEE AND MOLLY (12-24-461 Jim and Marion Jordan with Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon, Bea Benadaret, the King’s Men, Billy Mills and the orchestra, Harlow Wilcox. Fibber’s hard at work fixing broken toys. Teeny and the kids sing “Twas the Night Before Christmas.” Johnson’s Wax, NBC. (12:51; 16:58)

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapters 21 and 22. The Land of Ice and Snow; Meet Jack Frost. (24:00)

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Originally Broadcast WNIB
Saturday, December 25th, 1982

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapter 23. Paddy O’Cinnamon gets stuck in a pile of Christmas stickers! (11:50)

RAILROAD HOUR (12-22-52) A Christmas party with Gordon MacRae, Dorothy Kirsten, the Norman Luboff Choir, announcer Marvin Miller. Seasonal music and a mini-version of the Nutcracker Suite. Association of American Railroads, NBC. (15:55; 14:30)

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (12-25-43) “A Christ­mas Carol” starring Basil Rathbone as Ebe­neezer Scrooge in a radio version of Dickens’ classic story. AFRS. (15:30; 11:15)

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapter 24. Judy, Jimmy and Paddy attend the Christmas Tree Parade. (12:00)

CHRISTMAS STOCKING (12-25-44) Ginger Rogers hosts this Armed Forces Radio special which features Helen Trauble, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Roland Young, Dinah Shore, John Nesbitt and Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians. Music, comedy and holiday sentiment. AFRS. (8:35; 13:11; 7:28)

FIRST NIGHTER 112-22-45) “Little Town of Bethlehem” starring Barbara Luddy as Mary and Olan Soule as Joseph in the program’s annual presentation of the Christmas Story. Cast includes Sidney Ellstrom, Hugh Stude­baker, Herbert Butterfield, Williard Waterman, Phillip Lord. Campana Products, CBS. (29:30)

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapter 25. Captain Tin Top returns the Star, but the Crazy Quilt Dragon steals iti 112:20)

PHILCO RADIO TIME (12-25-46) Bing Crosby and his traditional Christmas show featuring carols, “White Christmas” and the story of “The Small One.” Philco, ABC, 111:18; 18:12)

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapter 26 . . . the final episode in our adventure. Do our heroes find the star for the Christmas Tree? (12:45)