A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor

To: Eric Baumel
My dearest Eric, Our 25th Anniversary is coming up on December 18th and I want you to know that there's no one else that I'd rather share my powdermilk biscuits with. You are my life, my love and my soulmate. I look forward to the next 25 years with great joy, affection and, of course, ketchup. Your one and only, Lori
—Lori Baumel

To: Mom and Dad
Hope you are keeping warm in Chicago and I can't wait to come home for Christmas. By then I will have turned 24! I miss you!
—Zoe Berman

To: Luther College
Congratulations to everyone involved with Christmas at Luther! The last 4 performances have been a blast, so let's make the last two count! Big thanks to TPT from the Twin Cities for recording us in HD! :) Remember, my fellow choristers, animation is the shiz!
—Laura D.

To: To my husband Jimmy
Happy Anniversary the Heidi and Jimmy Olson as they celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary this past Thanksgiving holiday on Nov 26th. For their anniversay they are traveling to Northfield, Minnesota to attend the St Olaf Christmas concert. After the concert they will be staying with dear friends...Rick and Donna Jackson. The Jackson's were the first friends, at that time from Avalanche near Westby, WI, that Jim and Heidi told of their engagement. Rick's response was..."I hope your marriage lasts as long as mine seems." Well Rick it has lasted...25 years...and they still have some catching up to do...to reach 35 plus years.
—Heidi Olson

To: Colin and Sue
To Colin and Sue, We're so impressed you're going to see A Prairie Home Companion in New York. You have good taste, too bad you weren't born in Minnesota. Love, George and April
—George and April Arndt

To: Maureen and Dennis
Hi Mom and Dad, your 3 sons hope you're having a great time in the city. We'd also like to remind you that your cell phone will receive more calls if it's turned on. Love, Jim, Pat, and Sean
—Patrick Murray

To: Mario Abalos
Merry Christmas my love, and a Happy New Year, Do the right thing and start the new with ME!
—Tammy Grant

To: Erick
Happy Birthday. Have fun seeing GK and do well on the math test tomorrow. We have snow for you in MN. Mom and Dad
—barbara kaiser

To: Kyra
Glad our New York Christmas traditions checklist lives on! The ring is coming one of these days but you will always be my squirrelfriend.
—Ken Goss

To: Patty
Maybe seeing PHC in person will finally cause you to catch the bug that bit me years ago. Hope he does a good job tonight. I'll still love you either way.
—Steve G

To: Everyone
Just mentioning the passing of a great musical legend, responsible for inspiring many artists, good friend to PHC - the great Odetta; she will be missed.
—Melissa Schafer

To: Susan Rodgers
We love you so much Just had to convey Our love for you in These words that we say: Happy Birthday Mom. We love you! love, Buddy and Rose
—Rose Rodgers

To: my dad, Bud Mallett
wishing my dad Happy 86th this December. He died this summer, but he always wanted to hear his birthday announced on this show...sorry its late...your everloving daughter, Suz
—Susan Rodgers

To: Patricia S. L. Fung
-Patty- You made it to your 21 Birthday and you have not yet heard Prairie Home Show. Well may be this can get your attention at last. I hope you like it. - MOM -
—Sandy Fung

To: Grandma Toots
Grandma Toots Hey Grandma! Hope your enjoying holidays and I'm also wondering when will you find that sugar daddy. Because I saw cute man at the grocery store and he was right in front of me. Alone. —Celia Knieff
—Celia Knieff

To: Scott Tettau
Hope you had a great birthday, Scott. Best wishes to you and Megan.
—Adam Peterson

To: Margaret Vegge
Congratulations, Aunt Margaret, on 60 years of operating Renfro Variety on Main Street Luverne (aka, Lake Woebegone) Mn. At 93 years of age, you still run circles around people younger than you and add spice and charm to main street. From the Ames, Iowa, Kansas City, and Utah Vegges.
—Daryle Vegge

To: Jean and Jim Gilroy
Happy anniversiry, may the next 26 years be as good as the last!
—Tom, Chloe, Owen, Laura, Dan Gilroy

To: Norma "Maw" Heath
Congratulations on turning 30 for the 42nd time maw. the great-grandkids say "Hoppy birf-tay maw".
—James A. Heath

To: Nik and Xanthe Charov
Hello to the parents of young Huckleberry, home with his Babuelita. She hopes to "light out for the territories" with Huck now that you're out of the way.
—Helen Charov

To: Babuelita
We're going out to dinner after the show, but if you and Huckleberry aren't home when we get back, we're putting out an A-P-B on his B-A-B-A!
—Nik and Xanthe Charov

To: John & Elda Vig
Happy 60th Anniversary Mom & Dad in Veblen South Dakota,Love from your kids, Darrell, Jeff, Cheryl, Dennis, Sandra, & John.
—sandra danaher

To: Robert Sea
Thanks for the invitation. (If you continue being nice to me, I won't tell about the candy you took. The minute you stop, I'm telling.)
—Sabrina Allgow

To: gk
hi gk i just turn the radio on and i heard your show. what a nice change. i will be here for now on.it makes me think of the good times when all we had was radio.keep it going thank you doug
—douglcull@sbcglobal.net cullum

To: Generous
Hello to everybody out there driving around with your "check engine" light on. Don't get out of your car on the highway to check your engine, just yet. The light is on because Public Radio is still waiting for you to send in the pledge you promised during our last fund drive. Remember? If you don't send in that pledge soon, the check engine light turns into a "Destruct Engine" light, and there you'll be. Where ever you are. We know you're out there waiting for us to feed your car the proper engine light shut off code, but we won't. Not with out that pledge. So, please, keep in touch. And, furthermore, I don't know if the engine light stays on after you close the hood. I never had a chance to look. What do I have? X-ray vision?
—Gregory Yaroch