'Tis the season at SteynOnline. Tomorrow, Wednesday, Mark will be here for this year's edition of his unique presentation of Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols. The scripture doesn't change much, but the musical performances are brand new, as Steyn is joined by singers and musicians from the worlds of folk, jazz, rock and opera plus a bevy of Top Five pop stars from across half-a-century, all putting their own spin on centuries-old Christmas classics.
If you're scrambling for last-minute presents, both our SteynOnline gift certificates and our Mark Steyn Club Gift Memberships can be digitally delivered in time for Christmas morning - and, if you really want to treat your beloved this Yuletide, there's always the gift of a lifetime: a stateroom on the Mark Steyn Queen Mary Cruise, from Quebec City to New York.
~Way back at the dawn of the century, Mark started getting multiple requests each Yuletide to read A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas. Alas, his Welsh vowels have never been terribly reliable. Nevertheless, he decided to take the demands seriously - with the help of an authentic Welsh lady, the great Siân Phillips. During her own childhood Christmases, Siân actually worked with Dylan Thomas - as they discuss on what has since become an annual broadcast here at SteynOnline. Click below to watch:
Listeners always enjoy the above. As Kitty, a First Day Founding Member of The Mark Steyn Club, wrote after last year's presentation:
This is lovely. Thank you so much, Mark.
Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Duit! (Had to use Gaelic as I don't know Welsh.)
Among the benefits of Mark Steyn Club membership is that you can enjoy our TV content in any medium you desire: video, audio or text. So, if you'd rather experience Dame Siân and Dylan Thomas in audio only, please log-in here.
You can find more non-visual content from The Mark Steyn Show over in our Audio & Transcripts department. And, if you'd like to hear more from Siân, she recreates her Tony-nominated performance of "See What the Boys in the Back Room Will Have" on our Frank Loesser centenary special, available here.
For all of our Christmas Tales for our Time, please click here and scroll down to the foot of the page.
Tales for Our Time is a production of The Mark Steyn Club. We launched The Mark Steyn Club over eight years ago, and on this ninth clubland Christmas we're immensely heartened by all those viewers and listeners and readers across the globe - from Fargo to Fiji, Vancouver to Vanuatu, Surrey to the Solomon Islands - who've signed up to be a part of it. Oh, and if you're still holiday shopping, don't forget that Steyn Club Gift Membership. More details here.
