RADIO TO ADDRESS CHRISTMAS CARDS BY

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, December 5, 1981

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) The continuing saga of Paddy O’Cinnamon and his friends as they search for the Silver Star for the top of their Christmas tree. Chapter 15 — Snapper Stick, the crocodile. (12:55)

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapter 16 — Oliver the Ostrich, the clock-eating bird! (13:05)

WRIGLEY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (12-25-48) An all-star two-hour Christmas Day holiday gala starring Gene Autry and a galaxy of guests including Bing Crosby, George Burns and Gracie Allen, the Andrews Sisters, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, the Mitchell Boys Choir, Bob Sweeny and Hal March, Dan Dailey, Hedda Hopper, Dorothy Shay, Pat Buttram, Cesar Petrillo and his Orchestra, and Lionel Barrymore. This is an Armed Forces Radio Service broadcast of the program which was heard in the United States on CBS, sponsored by Wrigley’s Chewing Gum.

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Part 1 — Gene Autry sings “Here Comes Santa Claus” with Bing Crosby. In a comedy sketch, Grade Allen tries to get Gene to retire in favor of George Burns. (18:00)

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Part 2 — Pat Buttram, Rochester and Frank Nelson discuss Jack Benny’s forthcoming switch to CBS. (13:10)

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Part 3 — Dorothy Shay, the “Park Avenue Hillbilly,” Wrigley’s Canadian Singing Stars, the Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby. (15:45)

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Part 4 — Comedy with Sweeney and March; Hedda Hopper reads the famous “Yes, Virginia, there Is a Santa Claus” letter. (14:50)

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Part 5 — Bing sings “White Christmas”; Dan Dailey with some personal words about his career in a salute to his films and vaudeville old timers. (13:45)

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Part 6 — The Andrews Sisters sing “Winter Wonderland”; comedy sketch with Dan Dailey and Hedda Hopper; Hedda in a skit with George and Gracie. (11:00)

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Part 7 — Lionel Barry-more stars as Ebeneezer Scrooge in a radio adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”; Gene Autry sings “Silent Night.” (30:30)

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapter 17 — The mud-slinging Muddlers. (13:05)

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapter 18 — The Cokelburr Cowboys. (13:00)