Episode Ninety Four - Generous and Happy Feelings

• 00:00 Introduction
• 00:54 Waking Up
• 02:43 Invitation to family prayers
• 04:01 Breakfast
• 04:38 Observations regarding the grounds
• 08:26 Liturgical concerns
• 15:58 Emotional effects of sermon
• 18:30 Future episodes
• What was the first thing the narrator heard from outside door when he awoke on Christmas morning?
• To what did the servant invite the narrator?
• Why does the Squire not like “modern” breakfasts?
• Does the local church have an organ?
• What is the subject of the Squire’s sermon?
• Who believes the Chistmas is a day when “the whole world is thrown open to you?”
• Why is Washington Irving’s Old Christmas important?

Sources for this episode include “The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon” by Washington Irving, Complete Fictional Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving, Washington Irving: The Definitive Biography of America’s First Bestselling Author by Brian Jay Jones, The Literary Adventures of Washington Irving by Cheryl Harness, Original Knickerbocker: The Life of Washington Irving by Andrew Burstein, Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography by Arthur Hobson Quinn, The Poe Log: A Documentary Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Dwight Thomas and David K. Jackson, and The Reason for the Darkness of the Night by John Tresch.