""The Star" by Arthur C. Clarke

Two Christmas stories:

For about two decades, I worked nearly every weekend at NTRB (North Texas Radio for the Blind) in Dallas, Texas. From 3:45 till about 11:00, I set up and aired recorded readings from local newspapers, magazines, community events, and, on Saturday nights at 10:00, the "Mystery/ Sci-Fi" hour of short stories. Weird to say, our top rated show was the 15 minutes of the obituaries. If a volunteer didn't tape the obits, I'd be answering phone complaints and telling listeners I was as blind as they were and couldn't record the valuable intel myself.

Anyway, every Saturday just before Christmas, I played the same reading on the "Sci-Fi Hour" for all those years. It was a cassette with a reading of Arthur C. Clarke's "The Star." Since that was an annual thing, I have to call that a personal Christmas tradition that I'd forgotten about. Until now.

So I here share that tradition with you--an extremely powerful Christmas tale by a master:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO1tC...


Merry Christmas and to all a good night--