The Christmas companion [sound recording]

Prairie home companion (Radio program)

Wise men blues -- Bebopareebop rhubarb pie -- Dance of the sugar plum fairies -- A child is born in Bethlehem -- Count your blessings -- Away in a manger -- The twelve days of Christmas -- Christmas eve morning blues -- Guy noir -- Christmastime (just in time) -- The Christmas fire -- Silent night -- Christmas time's a-coming -- 'Twas the night before Christmas -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas -- Santa -- The Christmas song -- The Christ child's lullaby -- The carolers at my door -- Green -- December waltz -- In the bleak midwinter -- Ave Maria -- Four Christmases -- Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow -- Silent night.

A Christmas blizzard [spoken word]

A Christmas blizzard

The book of guys

Lonesome Shorty -- Chuck show of television -- mid life crisis of Dionysus -- Buddy the leper -- Mr. St. Paul -- That old picayune moon -- Marooned -- Don Giovanni -- Roy Bradley, boy broadcaster -- Gary Keillor -- Omoo the wolf boy -- country mouse and the city mouse -- Casey at the bat (Road game) -- Herb Johnson, the god of Canton -- Earl Grey -- Winthrop Thorpe Tortuga -- Al Denny -- George Bush -- Christmas in Vermont -- Norman conquest -- Zeus the Lutheran.

Leaving home

Introduction : a letter from Copenhagen -- A trip to Grand Rapids -- A ten-dollar bill -- Easter -- Corinne -- A glass of Wendy -- The speeding ticket -- Seeds -- Chicken -- How the crab apple grew -- Truckstop -- Dale -- High rise -- Collection -- Life is good -- Lyle's roof -- Pontoon boat -- State fair -- David and Agnes, a romance -- The killer -- Eloise -- The royal family -- Homecoming -- Brethren -- Thanksgiving -- Darlene makes a move -- Christmas dinner -- Exiles -- New Year's -- Where did it go wrong? -- Post office -- Out in the cold -- Hawaii -- Hansel -- Du, du Liegst mir im Herzen -- Aprille -- Goodbye to the lake.