MPR captures the sounds a Minnesota Christmas. Some stories have song; some have shopping; some have snow…but all have some form of the holiday spirit.
December 24, 1999 - Splendid Table host Lynne Rossetto Kasper talks about the history of fruitcake, and the idea of sending it to others.
December 24, 1999 - MPR's Andrew Haeg went out on St. Paul's Grand Avenue this afternoon to witness this years gift finding frenzy.
December 8, 2000 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer visits the Stillwater home of Dick & Lois Kohns, serious fans of Santa Claus.
December 18, 2000 - Lots of people decorate their homes with lights this time of year. Some take this holiday tradition to the extreme. MPR’s Jon Gordon visits a couple of folks who go beyond the usual Christmas decorations, and into the realm of what some people call the purest form of art.
December 21, 2000 - MPR’s Dan Olson interviews Minneapolis-based harpist Nicholas Carter on Paraguayan style Christmas music.
December 21, 2000 - MPR’s Dan Olson profiles, Carl Andersen, an apprentice seaman who stepped up to an NBC microphone and sang a Christmas carol to the nation.
December 6, 2001 - MPR’s Lorna Benson interviews Minneapolis artist Aldo Moroni, who was selected to craft Minnesota's ornament for the Christmas tree in the White House. The resulting creation? An ice fishing house, of course.
December 13, 2001 - All over Sweden, Norway, and parts of the United States people welcome the beginning of the holiday season with Santa Lucia Day. The celebration has become an important family tradition for commentator Nanci Olesen.
December 24, 2002 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer talks with church bell ringers in the Twin Cities.
December 10, 2003 - MPR’s Chris Julin presents a Mainstreet Radio report on the Greenberg family, who bring holiday music to the Duluth area.