Welcome to Christmas Eve at SteynOnline (which this year is also the eve of Hannukah). Later today Mark will be here for what has become an annual tradition at this website: 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 Iberian Cruise, with Naomi Wolf, Michele Bachmann, Samantha Smith and many more.
~Two years ago, during our seasonal Tales for Our Time, Steyn Club member Rede Batcheller wrote with a request:
Next, if you dare, Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales. TYVM!!!!
Well, I love that tale, Rede, but I'm not sure my Welsh vowels are totally reliable. So we have something even better for you this December weekend - an authentic Welsh lady, the great Siân Phillips, who, during her own childhood Christmases, actually worked with Dylan Thomas - as we discussed on a Steyn holiday special a few years back. Click below to watch:
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 or text 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.
Tales for Our Time is a production of The Mark Steyn Club. We launched The Mark Steyn Club over seven years ago, and on this eighth 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.
