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2009 Holiday Programming on VPR & VPR Classical Thursday, 11/26/09 11am and 8pm Listen to VPR and VPR Classical throughout the holidays to hear many of your favorite programs, including "Turkey Confidential", Favor Johnson, Handel's "Messiah", and many more.

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Halloween Programs on VPR & VPR Classical Friday, 10/30/09 and Saturday, 10/31/09 Listen today at 4pm for as Radio Lab revisits War of the World. At 8pm, join Joel Najman for the Halloween My Place Spooktacular!
Backstory with the American History Guys Saturday, 07/04/09 4pm In the early days of our nation, July Fourth wasn't an official holiday at all. So how did the Fourth become the holiest day on our secular calendar? Listen to our special presentation of "Backstory with the American History Guys". Learn the story of how Independence Day came to be what it is today.
Happy Holidays! Programming on VPR and VPR Classical Friday, 12/19/08 8pm The full schedules of Holiday Programming from December 19, 2008 through January 1, 2009 on VPR and VPR Classical.
2008 Thanksgiving Programming on VPR and VPR Classical Thursday, 11/27/08 11am Help is on the way for Thanksgiving! Lynne Rosetto-Kasper, award-winning host of "The Splendid Table", will be joined by a number of special guests as she takes your calls and answers questions America is asking on the biggest cooking day of the year. Listen at 11am on Thanksgiving Day
Toast of the Nation Monday, 12/31/07 11:46pm Count down, sing along, and dance the night away with live music from parties coast to coast. Starting in Boston, you'll toast the New Year moving west with four celebrations of midnight from time zone to time zone. Ring it in with salsa, samba and swing!
Handel's Messiah from Philadelphia Monday, 12/24/07 5:34pm Handel's holiday masterpiece performed by the "Fabulous Philadelphians," joined by the nationally renowned Philadelphia Singers.
A Christmas Carol with Willem Lange Monday, 12/24/07 5:22pm
Master storyteller Willem Lange presents a distinctive reading of the holiday classic using a special performance edition prepared by Dickens himself for his own readings.

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Christmas Around the Country Monday, 12/24/07 5:19pm The best holiday music-making from coast to coast.
St. Olaf Christmas Festival Monday, 12/24/07 5:15pm More than 550 student musicians perform in one of America's oldest and cherished Christmas Festivals.
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols Monday, 12/24/07 4:59pm and Tuesday, 12/25/07 4:59pm Live broadcast of the legendary Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols service from the chapel of King's College in Cambridge, England.
A Vermont Christmas with Counterpoint Monday, 12/24/07 3:57pm and Tuesday, 12/25/07 3:57pm Robert DeCormier leads Vermont premier vocal ensemble in a concert of holiday music. Recorded live in St. Johnsbury and Burlington, Vermont.

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VPR and VPR Classical occasionally air special programs on holidays throughout the year.

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