Sunday Night Playhouse - The Plot to Overthrow Christmas (Norman Corwin)

Update: 2025-12-07

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This week on Sunday Night Playhouse, Vintage Classic Radio presents Norman Corwin's sharp and spirited 1944 holiday classic, "The Plot to Overthrow Christmas". In this witty rhymed fantasy, a council of history's great villains meets to hatch a plan to destroy Christmas itself. Corwin uses humour and imagination to take aim at tyranny and the forces that thrive on fear, cruelty, and authoritarian power. It's a clever, fast-paced Christmas tale with an unmistakable wartime message: joy, freedom, and human decency are worth defending.

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Sunday Night Playhouse - The Plot to Overthrow Christmas (Norman Corwin)

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Sunday Night Playhouse - The Plot to Overthrow Christmas (Norman Corwin)

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Sunday Night Playhouse - The Plot to Overthrow Christmas (Norman Corwin)