RADIO TO WRAP, BAKE AND DECORATE BY

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, December 20, 1997

JIMMY DURANTE SHOW (12-24-47) Guest is 11-year-old Margaret O’Brien.  It’s Christmas Eve at Jimmy’s house when he and Margaret take a ride to the North Pole.

GRAND CENTRAL STATION (12-19-51) “Miracle for Christmas.”  This is the sixth annual presentation of the classic Christmas drama.  A cynical ambulance driver and a mysterious doctor make their rounds of mercy on Christmas Eve.

MEL BLANC SHOW (12-24-46) Mel can’t decide what to buy his girl- friend for Christmas.

GREAT GILDERSLEEVE (12-14-49) Harold Peary stars as Gildy. It’s Christmas time in Summerfield and Gildy has to buy an original gift for Miss Milford. He brings Christmas gifts for children in the hospital and reads the story, “Why the Chimes Rang.”

BING CROSBY SHOW (12-20-53) It’s Bing’s traditional Christmas show. He sings “Adestes Fideles” in English and Latin; “Jingle Bells”; “White Christmas”; and “Silent Night.”

FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY (12-23-47) Fibber has lost the keys to his hall closet – and they’re under three feet of snow!  Teeney and the carolers sing “’Twas the Night Before Christmas.”