Snaildartha: The Story of Jerry the Christmas Snail! The all-Misfits-inspired sets! Ramones-o-Clock! The new VU/Lou Reed mix! Lindstrom’s “Little Drummer Boy!” The all-Fall set! Joel RL Phelps’ myriad pieces! The all-Sabbath set! The Sonics! The Wailers! The Galaxies!

All your favorites all back for year 33 of THE MARATHON!

Because…

The 2021 edition of my 25-Hour Holiday Radio Show on 103.3 fm WPRB will start on Christmas Eve at 5:00 pm ET and run until Christmas Day at 6:00 pm ET. 

This year’s marathon will again happen LIVE FROM HOME, broadcast from my dining room table in place of the studios. 

Header image by the unmatched Artjerk.

You can find this design on a shirt with or without text here.

Press folks, feel free to get in touch.

Now, let’s talk a decade of Christmas Stories!

For each of the last 10 years I have asked a number of friends, musicians, comedians and others that I admired to record their definition of an original “Christmas story” to be interspersed hourly throughout my marathon, alongside other annual favorites.

This addition has brought a new level of excitement to the program and made the tradition all the more special.

For year XXXIII, I’m again counting on YOU!

I’m not going to list all the amazing people who have recorded pieces in the past this time out. You know the score and can listen to past favorites here.

The deadline for 2021 is Monday, December 20th.

What is a Christmas Story?

Well…it can be a reading of a favorite Xmas tale, a cover of a holiday song you love or an original piece.

I leave that in your hands.

I’d love to receive so many recordings that I can once again debut one of these an hour throughout the marathon.

Submissions can be sent to this email address.

My lone request is that you do not post your piece elsewhere before it airs during the show! Please! Afterwards go nuts, just mention the show when you do share on Bandcamp / Soundcloud / Quibi / etc.

Please spread the word and have a safe holiday season.

Jon Solomon
103.3 fm WPRB