KEVIN FORSYTHE,
SEE, I DID REALLY SEND YOU A GREETING ON PHC! LOVE YOU MORE EACH DAY! MEET ME IN THE RUMPUS ROOM AFTER THE SHOW.
- ANNE FORSYTHE

Gerda (at Ramstein),
Love on our 35th anniversary, today (13 Dec); hoping that our careers and perpetual responsibilities won't keep us on different sides of the Atlantic much longer.
- Richard (in Omaha)

Friends @ Churchill & Cathedral Schools,
After three years of trying, we're here at the show and send holiday greetings to our friends and teachers.
- Jesse and Lily Medalia-Strauss

Jarett Kaplan,
Happy 55th birthday with love to my New York born Jewish husband who has survived marriage to a Lake Wobegon born good Lutheran woman who's not afraid to put lutefisk on his bagels!
- Jackie Brolsma

Don,
For Wuzzie, who is partial to the numbers 6 and 8, a happy birthday coming up shortly, #68. And I hope your portfolio gets above $68 this year.
- Carolee

Michael DeGive,
Michael and family- Can't wait to see you and
eat your delicious organic food. Life is not the
same here without you.
Love,
Maggie
- Moo Moo

My friends far & wide,
Holiday greetings from Alaska to all my friends who are also computer geeks, sitting at home Saturday afternoon streaming PHC media and remembering warmer weather.
RVS
- Ross Soboleff

Michaelina,
Happy 24th Birthday
Congratulations on receiving your "pani magiester" from the Jagiellonian University, Krakow Poland. Now you can join the almuni club with Copernius!
- Karen and Steve Jakala

Pat,
Thanks for joining the department, and thank
you even more for organizing the happy hour.
It must have taken a doctorate in social work
to see that what we all needed most was just
a drink. I'm so glad you're on board!
- Elizabeth

Ken,
I never miss a concert my plumber plays in. Moonlight in Vermont is just as beautiful in Muskego, Wisconsin. Love ya hon!
- Tamara

EXEC. OFFICER ALEX ROBERTSON,
HI, HONEY,
THINKING OF YOU ON THIS COLD WET DAY HERE AT HOME. I WILL BE THERE TO PICK YOU UP ON THE 19TH. ANYONE WHO NEEDS A RIDE CAN COME, TOO. I
WILL CLEAN OUT THE CAR FOR THE OCCASION. FELIZ DIA DE LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE! LOVE, MOM
- PROUD MOMMA KATHY

Uptown Crispy Duck,
I never thought I would be falling in love with my best buddy. Thanks for letting me know.
- Princess Joy

Andrew T. Eldredge,
Happy 21st birthday today, and congratulations on your book on Cape Cod and Islands railroads published this year and available from booksellers and your web site. Was Garrison also published be 21?
- Dad and Mom

Volunteer Fire Fighters of America,
Thank you for who you are
and for what you do.

Merry Christmas to all of you
- SC

Kim,
Love to Kim on her birthday from a man
who's just troubled enough.
- (Perfectly Troubled)

Mark,
To my wonderful husband Mark: Special birthday wishes--I'm so lucky to be married to my best friend. Love from Julie and the dogs, Bailey and Robbie.
- Julie

Jeanette Fox,
Happy Anniversary! Eleven years of solid friendship now enhanced by two years as friend and lover. Wasn't it great not having to tell your life story again?
- Jack Koestner

Debbie,Breeze&Laura,
We all pay heavily.
Forgivness is the key.
Have a merry, merry Christmas
And think occasionally of me!

Seasons Greetings Peter Gelbrich
- Pete

Daily Buzz,
Happy holidays to one and all to
everyone on the Daily Buzz. Whenever
you see snow this year, think of Orlando and smile.
Have a great new year!
- Shannon Harding

David Burr,
Merry Christmas Davie! One of the things under the tree is a new membership to NPR and Garrison Keillor's 25th Anniversary CD set. Love always,
- Derek CS Burr

Butch and Shirley in Big Bear, CA,
We thoroughly enjoyed our first
Thanksgiving dinner with you, even if the
gravy was sour and spoiled the next day
because the thermos we used to keep it hot
on the table also kept in hot in the
refrigerator.
- Chuck, Linda, Dahni in Marysville, CA

Garrison Keillor,
My husband Michael and I are thrilled to be at this (12/13/03) live performance in NYC's Town Hall. We are mega fans who listen to your show almost every week, have many of your books and tapes (wouldn't object if you were to autograph one of them), and we each have a Guy Noir Bobblehead. Why you may wonder? That's as close as we've been, until now, to the real Garrison Keillor.

Although I was raised in "the big city", times were more simple and innocent much like the times that you describe at Lake Wobegon. I'm a native from the Upper West Side of Manhattan known to the local folk as "the city". I remember when we didn't have to lock our doors at night, when people slept on blankets out in the park on summer nights to cool off, when all of the streets were two-way with little traffic. I remember when mothers left their babies in prams outside of food markets [because the aisles were too narrow] and always found their little angels waiting for them. I remember when children willingly offered their seats to elders both on the bus and the subway and remembered their "please" and "thank you's". I remember people saying that they weren't as rich as "Rockefeller"; the same one for whom Rockefeller Plaza is named. I remember my working mother freezing her buns off on Sunday mornings so that my friends [whose parents never wanted to go] and I could go ice skating at the Wollman Memorial Ice Skating Rink [that's what it used to be called] eating candied apples [pre dental work] and standing out in the cold where I could see my own breath waiting in line to see the show at Radio City Music Hall on Christmas Day with my brother, and parents whose anniversary was on that day; my father bought chestnuts roasting on a vendor's fire and I watched with fascination as he magically opened each piping hot nut with his bare hands. I especially remember sitting by the radio with my brother during snowstorms and blizzards [much like the one we just had] praying to hear our school's name so that we knew that we had the day off to play in the snow.

This is my brief stroll down memory lane; wishing everyone Happy Holidays from my New York State of Mind!



- Charline Glowitz-Klein

Jen,
I couldn't be happier!
- Patrick

Gabriel and Elizabeth,
Have a wonderful Christmas in Colombia,
South America. Come back with coffee, come
back with a tan, come back soon!
From your biggest fan
- Mom

sheila (Mom),
Hi Mom,

Wish you were still here. You had us listening to radio shows since we were little kids. We still find comfort in the sound of stories being told. We'll always love you. We miss you, Dad and Steven. the holidays are not quite the same without you.
- Karen

Blind Jim,
Thank you for 9 years of love, laughter, adventure and good food. The puppies thank you too!
- Becky

Thurber,
Thurber-
I got your letter; I miss you too and can't want to see you at christmas. You must be the smartest dog in the world. How did you work the scissors? Tell Mom and Dad I said hello.
Love,
Kristen

- Kristen

To Our Aberdeen, South Dakota Families,
The midwest is calling us back home...where we belong. We love & miss you all-Happy Holidays! If you get the chance, send us a little of that snow, which we've taken for granted all those years. (These southerners don't know what they're missing!)
- Our love, Lydia & Mark in Columbia, SC