Welcome to our Saint Patrick’s Day Lit for Christmas party of Season Five!
In this episode, Marty and Beth get bombed on Bailey's Mint Mudslides and discuss "Christmas Morning" by Irish writer Frank O'Connor.
BONUS POINTS: Take a shot every time Beth makes a seuxal innuendo.
CAUTION: You WILL get very drunk.
SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT
Bailey's Mint Mudslide:
Ingredients:
Directions:
Non-Alcoholic Directions:
Substitute two scoops of mint chocolate chip ice cream for the Bailey's Irish Cream and Creme de Menthe. Eliminate the ice. Double the Vanilla Creamer (2 shots) to thin the mixture.
Lit for Christmas Party Hosts:
Marty has an Master's in fiction writing, MFA in poetry writing, and teaches in the English Department at Northern Michigan University in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He served two terms at Poet Laureate of the Upper Peninsula, and has published two poetry collections, The Mysteries ofthe Rosary from Mayapple Press and A Bigfoot Bestiary and Other Wonders from Modern History Press . For more of Marty's thoughts and writing visit his blog Saint Marty (saintmarty-marty.blogspot.com). Marty is a writer, blogger, wine sipper, easy drunk, and poetry obsessor who puts his Christmas tree up in mid-October and refuses to take it down until the snow starts melting.
Beth has a BS in English Secondary Education. She hasworked as a substitute teacher, medical transcriptionist, medical office receptionist, deli counter attendant, and Office Max cashier. Currently, she works in a call center and enjoys discussing/arguing about literature with her loving husband.
Music for this episode:
"Jingle Bells Jazzy Style" by Julius H, used courtesy of Pixabay.
"A Christmas Treat" by Magic-828, used courtesy of Pixabay.
Other music in the episode:
The Dubliners. "Whiskey in the Jar." More of the Hard Stuff. Major Minor, 1968.
A Christmas Carol sound clips from:
The Campbell Theater 1939 radio production of A Christmas Carol, narrated by Orson Welles and starring Lionel Barrymore.
This month's Christmas lit:
O'Connor, Frank. "Christmas Morning." Collected Short Stories. New York, Knopf, 1981.