How the Captain Made Christmas

"How the Captain Made Christmas" gathers a group of city men around a club fireplace days before Christmas, trading memories of holidays past. When Lesponts shares his story of a chance railway journey through the Virginia hills, the real protagonist emerges: an elderly Pullman conductor of unshakeable good humor who defuses quarrels, tends to a sick passenger, leads his guests over a Civil War battlefield, and conjures an eggnog toast from almost nothing. By journey's end, the Captain has transformed a stranded, discontented car of strangers into something resembling family.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-short-stories--6577582/support.