Tonight on the Front Porch, we're going to look at unusual ways people celebrate the holiday season:
Schnartzenholler
When Emily Pearlman was a child her Jewish father and Christian mother created their own unique holiday celebration to bridge the gap and give the family something to celebrate together. As Emily and her brother grew up Schnartzenholler lost its appeal. Now, as adults, can the family revive and reinvent it?
Tuba Christmas
Like a few other cities in the U.S., Akron, Ohio has an annual Tuba Christmas concert that brings together more than 500 tubists to regale listeners with holiday favorites like "The First Noel" and "Jingle Bells." Commentator David Giffels was asked to be a guest soloist during the celebration -- The only problem is that Giffels doesn't know how to play.
Jingle Bells
A crowd of about 5,000 people gathered in Medford Square, just north of Boston, to set 2 records--one for the most Christmas carolers singing together, and one for the longest continuous caroling session. Commentator Judah Bruce Leblang was there.
All of tonight's stories come to us through the Public Radio Exchange.
