November 26, 1993 - A Cup of Christmas Tea
November 27, 1993 - MPR’s Chris Roberts interviews Karal Ann Marling, a local author and scholar of American popular culture and art. Marling discusses history of the holiday bird, the turkey.
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December 10, 1993 - In this segment of Voices from the Heartland, Duluth author Michael Fedo reads essay on his recollections while traveling with musical partner Dan Kossoff as they toured the Midwest during the holidays.
December 13, 1993 - Writer Suzann Ledbetter reads a holiday story on the lengths taken in getting a Christmas tree. Story is from Ledbetter’s book “The Toast Always Lands Jelly-Side Down: And Other Tales of Suburban Life.”
December 15, 1993 - Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer moderates a panel discussion with Mike Sauro, a lieutenant for the Minneapolis Police Department; Ann Viitala, lawyer and chairwoman of Civilian Police Review Authority; Bill Lewinski, a police use-of-force expert; and Robin Magee, law professor at Hamline University. The group discuss and debate local police officer discipline efforts.
December 17, 1993 - Essay later collected in "Cold Comfort: Life at the Top of the Map" by Barton Sutter, published October 1998 by University of Minnesota Press.
December 22, 1993 - Minnesota poet and author Bill Holm comments on a number of winter topics, from the sense of poverty on the farm, to the meaning behind lutefisk.