A Jen Too Many

When I was a kid in Oregon, my brother and I looked forward every Christmas to The Cinnamon Bear. It would start right after Thanksgiving every year, one 15 minute episode a day, until Christmas Eve.

I loved it. It came on at 7 p.m. every night. I kept an eye on the clock, and if something happened to make us miss the day's episode I screeched the walls down.*

At some point we stopped listening to it. (I'm not sure if the radio station stopped airing it, or my parents got tired of my tantrums.) I never forgot it, though, and wanted to make sure my children also got to listen to it. I tried taping it off the radio, but that was less that 100% successful. A few years (well, OK - several years) later, I looked it up on the internet, but found that it cost a small fortune to get the complete show on CD. And since a small fortune was the last thing I had right then...

But! I just found out it's now in the public domain! If you want to share something special with your children, you can download the entire show at The Cinnamon Bear. (Not the same link as the one above. The first link has more information about the show - the second one has free downloads.)

Here's a quick synopsis of what the story is about: Judy and Jimmy are helping their mother get the Christmas decorations out of the attic, but they can't find the Silver Star for the top of the tree. The Cinnamon Bear helps them de-grow to his size, so that they can go to Maybeland in pursuit of the Crazy-Quilt Dragon, who has stolen the star. Many adventures follow!
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*Much to my parents' joy, I am sure.