Our Holiday Gift-Giving Guide | This American Life | Episode 255
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The vexing difficulty of finding the perfect gift. 00:00 Prologue: Host Ira Glass goes to a busy Target store one week before Christmas. Most shoppers he talks to don't think any of their gifts will be returned. (3 minutes) 02:33 Act One: Ian Brown tries, after decades of failure, to give his mother the perfect Christmas gift. He and his brother attempt something they haven't done since they were kids: Rehearse and sing her a program of Christmas carols. (19 minutes) 21:24 Act Two: We play a ...
Mentioned in This Episode
- Ron Hamilton (person)
- Robert Jordan (person)
- Brenda Hamilton (person)
- Truman Capote (person)
- Ian Brown (person)
- Eric Hanbury (person)
- John Tuttle (person)
- Pie in the Sky (sponsor)
- Bill Cadoo (person)
- Caitlyn Cheddar (person)
- Pete and Alice in Maine (book)
- Globe and Mail (company)
- AT&T (company)
- Lee Crumb (person)
- Ira Glass (person)