Quaintness Mingled with Revelry

Send us Fan Mail00:00 Introduction00:45 Dinner is served!02:18 The Christmas meal03:43 The people at the meal04:44 Loaded with good cheer, conversation, and music14:58 Supernatural monument19:03 Author’s hopes in writing19:50 Influence of Old Christmas20:58 Criticism of emphasis on the past22:35 Class conflict versus harmony and peace at Christmas24:26 Future episodes20:02 SourcesWhat was the meaning of the thacking sound?Who said grace at the Christmas dinner?What strange things was the deceased knight said to do at nightWhat does Irving say was his reason for writing Old Christmas?Why Old Christmas important from a historical standpoint?How did Irving change Christmas from SOLELY a religious holiday?How is the world of the Squire’s England like today?Sources for this episode include “The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon” by Washington Irving, Complete Fictional Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving, Washington Irving: The Definitive Biography of America’s First Bestselling Author by Brian Jay Jones, The Literary Adventures of Washington Irving by Cheryl Harness, Original Knickerbocker: The Life of Washington Irving by Andrew Burstein, Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography by Arthur Hobson Quinn, The Poe Log: A Documentary Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Dwight Thomas and David K. Jackson, and The Reason for the Darkness of the Night by John Tresch.Support the showThank you for experiencing Celebrate Creativity.