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A Thanksgiving Feast For The Ears And Eyes

Bailey White: 'The Wedding Horse'

Storyteller Bailey White continues her tradition of writing an original tale on Thanksgiving. She tells the tale of a relationship between a young house painter and an elderly woman. The young man is getting married, and his bride wants him to arrive on horseback — but he doesn't know how to ride a horse. The old lady suggests that he walk instead, which upsets the bride-to-be.

Bailey White: 'The Wedding Horse'

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Bailey White: 'The Green Bus'

Bailey White's annual tradition of Thanksgiving Day stories continues this year with a tale of two modern-day hippies who get just a little too comfortable in the home of a woman who herself was once just like them.

Bailey White: 'The Green Bus'

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Thanksgiving 2006

Bailey White: 'What Would They Say in Birmingham?'

The annual tradition of Thanksgiving Day stories by Bailey White continues. This year's offering is a tale of love, small-town Alabama life and a quirky character called Smash McCoy. It's called "What Would They Say in Birmingham?"

Bailey White: 'What Would They Say in Birmingham?'

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Bailey White: A Rat's Tale for Thanksgiving

Commentator Bailey White tells her annual Thanksgiving Day story. This year it is about a couple married 33 years who find themselves separated when the husband says the marriage "felt like a snake around his neck." As Christmas approaches, the wife and an aunt dispose of a rat far from town and find the husband cavorting with a younger lady. A mild form of revenge ensues.

Bailey White: A Rat's Tale for Thanksgiving

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Commentary: Third Wiseman

Commentator Bailey White tells about the problems that arose when people discovered that one of the Three Wise Men in her town's nativity display resembled Osama bin Laden. Town officials had to deal not only with their own misgivings, but also large crowds.

Commentary: Third Wiseman

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A Thanksgiving Tale: Love in an Unlikely Place

Following a decade-long tradition, All Things Considered presents a Bailey White Thanksgiving story. This year, she tells a funny tale of a woman who finds herself pursued by several suitors after her mother dies and leaves her $600,000. She rejects them all and finds love — or at least adventure — in an unlikely place.

A Thanksgiving Tale: Love in an Unlikely Place

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For Thanksgiving, a Bailey White Short Story

It's a Thanksgiving Day tradition on All Things Considered for commentator Bailey White to read an original short story. With the author's permission, npr.org reprints this year's story, "Almost Gone."

For Thanksgiving, a Bailey White Short Story

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