Who Stole Christmas?

Sunday, 10 PM, December 17, 2006 Does Christmas leave you stressed out and overextended? Is this a symptom of an American lifestyle that is long on consumption and short on joy? You'll want to listen to our guest - best selling author and environmentalist Bill McKibben. Leading off with a discussion of his book, Hundred Dollar Holiday - The Case for a More Joyful Christmas, Mr. McKibben will recount how Christmas became a shopping frenzied season. From there, he will explore the larger issues of materialism and environmental sustainability. He will takes us on a journey to communities in foreign countries that have learned to "live lightly on the earth" - people who have achieved a high quality of life with much less wealth than Americans. Mr.McKibben's many books include the classic End of Nature, the first book on global warming for the general audience. It has been translated into 20 languages and an updated edition was published this year. Technorati tags: WPKN, Christmas, holiday stress, radio