December 23, 1993 - Local theater critic Erin Hart reviews the plays Cinderella at Children’s Theatre Company and The Gift of the Magi at Northern Sign Theatre.
December 24, 1993 - MPR’s Elizabeth Stawicki profiles Jim Cummings, a local bookseller who has a passion for collecting diaries. Segment includes an interview with Cummings and select readings.
December 24, 1993 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, Minnesota writer Laurie Allmann reads an essay that includes a childhood memory, beavers, and snowflakes.
December 24, 1993 - English translator and author Kevin Crossley-Holland reads an essay for the Christmas season.
December 24, 1993 - MPR’s Perry Finelli interviews screenwriter and Minnesota native Mark Steven Johnson about writing the screenplay for Grumpy Old Men. The film is set in Wabasha, Minnesota.
December 24, 1993 - On this segment of Worldview, artist and author Neda Miranda Blažević reads a work centered on a Croatian Christmas.
December 25, 1993 - St. Paul writer and commentator Lawrence Sutin shares his thoughts on being a non-Christian Christmas celebrant.
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December 31, 1993 - MPR’s Greg Magnuson interviews MPR reporter Euan Kerr about the New Year’s Eve song “Auld Lang Syne.” Kerr, a Scot himself, explores the Scottish origins of song.
December 31, 1993 - On this Mainstreet Radio segment, MPR’s Leif Enger interviews Joel Hanson, member of the Minneapolis Christian rock group PFR (formally known as Pray For Rain).