MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, December 25, 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)