Three Italian folk tales that affirm the Italian values of hospitality and the circumstances needed for happiness.
Judas and his mother tell their stories. From Jesus, Son of Man by Kahlil Gibran.
Pontius Pilate and his wife, Claudia Procula, look back at their encounters with Jesus.
Two poems for Christmas & the New Year: Christmas Bells by H. W. Longfellow & Ring Out, Wild Bells by A. L. Tennyson
In this comedy, a discriminating thief exposes the sham of a pretentious couple.
A story about love and sacrifice with a typical O. Henry surprise ending.
The Creature asks Dr. Frankenstein to create a mate for him. An episode from the novel by Mary Shelley.
"The Onion" from "Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, "The Little Demon and the Crust of Bread" by Leo Tolstoy and "On the Day of the Crucifixion" by Leonid Andreyev
Three Roman soldiers speak to Jesus as they nail him to the cross.
Twain's condemnation of the celebration and glorification of war and his revealing of the true consequences of praying for victory in war.
A series of brief monologues spoken by persons and animals associated with the birth of Jesus. Compiled from works by several authors, including Dorothy L. Sayers and Madeleine L'Engle
A comedy in which a ghost, whom no one is afraid of any longer, shares his woes with a writer on Christmas Eve.
Not everyone was happy about the miracles of Jesus. Edgar Lee Masters imagines what the reactions of three people in the Gospel might have been to the miracles.
"The wheels of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small." - H W Longfellow. A barber chair is the location for the dispensing of justice.