Our Boxing Day Blow-Out Sale is still in progress over at the Steyn Store. Please take advantage of these great deals, including $10 off various style shirts ($15 off for club members!!), up until midnight on New Year's Eve or while supplies last -whichever comes first.
It's also a great time to redeem that gift certificate you may have received for Christmas.
Meanwhile...
Renewing member Howard from Northamptonshire writes:
...really appreciate all Mark's output helping to make sense of the forces at play, and conveyed with humour to boot
Joshua, a new member from Illinois, hearkens back to the days on Rush:
Long time listener, first time caller.
From Down Under, another new member - Peter in Victoria notes:
longtime tailgater; about time I helped Mark tangibly
Renewing member Matthew from Western Australia simply adds:
Enjoying The Club
Finally, another returning member Judy from California:
Happy, Healthy (!) and Prosperous New Year to you, dear Mark
And, to you Judy! A warm welcome and wishes for a Happy New Year to all our new and returning members from British Columbia, California, Devon, Illinois, Italy, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Yorkshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin and beyond...
Members enjoy access to Mark's brilliant narrations of classic fiction - Tales for Our Time in addition to his own stories, including the Christmas tale "Plum Duff" - brought back to members in two parts this past week. (Part One and Part Two are here.)
Members may also access downloads of Mark's newish show on Serenade Radio - Mark Steyn on the Town. In this week's pre-Hogmanay edition, Mark bid farewell to the old year - a very old year, not 2024 but 1924. He also expanded upon Sinatra's very good years, and observed the stroke of midnight with some Danubian dances.
If your membership has lapsed or you would like to sign up, we invite you to join today.
In addition to Tales for Our Time and Mark Steyn on the Town, it was a very busy week at SteynOnline with various Christmas observances:
~ Don Black, Tim Rice and Dana joined Mark to ponder the British Christmas song...in Steyn's Song of the Week.
~ The lovely actress Siân Phillips narrated a special video Yuletide Tale for our Time: A Child's Christmas in Wales.
~ On Christmas Eve, Mark welcomed listeners to our annual presentation of ancient scripture and brand new versions of favourite carols, from various members of the Steyn Show musical family drawn from the worlds of folk, jazz, rock, opera plus a bevy of Top Five pop stars from across the last half-century: Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols.
~ On Christmas Day with Mark and Friends, we rounded up all things Christmas for your viewing and listening pleasure.
Also...
~ Mark's most read piece of the week: The Depravity of Diversity reflected on the shocking immolation of an innocent woman on the New York Subway allegedly at the hands of someone who should not have even been in the country.
~ In another Diversity Deathwatch Update, Mark analyzed the analyst involved in the most recent Christmas market massacre in Germany.
~ Laura Rosen Cohen delivered Christmas/Chanukah/Boxing Day Links from around the world.
~ Mark's St Stephen's Day Special offered a sampler from our Café Continental, where the patrons like their music with a soupçon of European sophistication.
~ On Friday, Mark reflected on something he said twenty years ago re the famous Boxing Day tsunami, which swept a quarter-of-a-million people to their death.
~ And, on Saturday, Rick McGinnis returned with his review of the film adaptation of The Riddle of the Sands.
(if you prefer the book - as many do - members may enjoy Mark's narration of it here.)
A new week begins later today with Steyn's Song of the Week at Serenade Radio at 5:30pm GMT/ 12:30pm North American Eastern Time.
Did you forget someone on your Christmas list? If so, may we humbly suggest some great options that may be delivered to the Steyn fan among your loved ones in the work of moments:
* The Mark Steyn Club Gift Membership - set to deliver to your specifications and date via email or mail. (As a member of The Mark Steyn Club, your special discounted price for gift memberships is $150.)
* The Steyn Store Gift Certificate - Gift certificates start as low as $25.00 for the casual uncommitted dilletante and go up from there, for the hardcore reader who's got to have everything. They never expire, so the recipient can buy something now or wait for the latest addition to Mark's oeuvre to be published.
And, if you don't want to give the gift certificate to some ingrate nephew or surly sibling, you can always give it to yourself for a rainy day!
* The Mark Steyn 2025 Cruise - 7 nights - Spain and Portugal in April. This is also an excellent gift for yourself!
Check out all our Christmas offerings, including downloads of Mark's Christmas albums - at the Steyn Store. Enjoy the Season!
