Summary: <div class="_2TO-components-SimpleRichTextEditor--paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="2l87a" data-offset-key="1o3f2-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1o3f2-0-0"> <span data-offset-key="1o3f2-0-0">My favorite guest Danielle Ryan (</span><a class="_4X_-components-SimpleRichTextEditor-components-LinkSpan--linkSpan" href="http://www.twitter.com/danirat"><span data-offset-key="1o3f2-1-0">@DaniRat</span></a><span data-offset-key="1o3f2-2-0">) is here to talk all about Nikolai Gogol’s novella, CHRISTMAS EVE. While other stories revolve around the sweet baby Jesus asleep in his manger or maybe a tree, CHRISTMAS EVE acknowledges the existence of the Church but is mostly about how the entire city of Dykanka is here to fuck with the Devil. Read the full text:</span> <a class="_4X_-components-SimpleRichTextEditor-components-LinkSpan--linkSpan" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Night_of_Christmas_Eve"><span data-offset-key="1o3f2-3-0"> https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Night_of_Christmas_Eve</span></a> </div> </div> <div class="_2TO-components-SimpleRichTextEditor--paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="2l87a" data-offset-key="34f18-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="34f18-0-0"> </div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="34f18-0-0"><strong>Follow FBOL on Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit">http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit</a></strong></div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="34f18-0-0"> </div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="34f18-0-0"><strong><a class="_4X_-components-SimpleRichTextEditor-components-LinkSpan--linkSpan" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Eve_(Gogol)">SUMMARY (from Wikipedia)</a></strong></div> </div> <div class="_2TO-components-SimpleRichTextEditor--paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="2l87a" data-offset-key="on16-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="on16-0-0"> <span data-offset-key="on16-0-0">The story opens with a description of the winter scenery of </span><a class="_4X_-components-SimpleRichTextEditor-components-LinkSpan--linkSpan" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dikanka"><span data-offset-key="on16-1-0">Dikanka</span></a><span data-offset-key="on16-2-0">, </span><a class="_4X_-components-SimpleRichTextEditor-components-LinkSpan--linkSpan" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine"><span data-offset-key="on16-3-0">Ukraine</span></a><span data-offset-key="on16-4-0">, a </span><a class="_4X_-components-SimpleRichTextEditor-components-LinkSpan--linkSpan" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch"><span data-offset-key="on16-5-0">witch</span></a><span data-offset-key="on16-6-0"> flying across the night sky and the devil stealing the </span><a class="_4X_-components-SimpleRichTextEditor-components-LinkSpan--linkSpan" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon"><span data-offset-key="on16-7-0">moon</span></a><span data-offset-key="on16-8-0"> and hiding it in his pocket, first playing with it in the sky, which no one in the village notices. Since it is the night before </span><a class="_4X_-components-SimpleRichTextEditor-components-LinkSpan--linkSpan" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas"><span data-offset-key="on16-9-0">Christmas</span></a><span data-offset-key="on16-10-0">, the devil is free to roam around and torment people as he pleases, so he decides to find a way to get back at the village blacksmith, Vakula, because he paints religious art in the church.</span> </div> </div> <div class="_2TO-components-SimpleRichTextEditor--paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="2l87a" data-offset-key="6f95m-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftSty --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fuckboisoflit/message"></div> </div>
