Being the Canadian to the bone family that were were, we never really got a taste of some of the stuff from England that others took for granted. "A Child's Christmas in Wales" is a classic reading that many families experience year over year, but we never did, and it wasn't until lately that I came to appreciate it. It's available in two mp3 parts on the web here:
http://archive.salon.com/audio/fiction/2000/12/22/dylan_thomas/index
I read on this page that Dylan Thomas died at age 39. In the recording, he sounds like an old man. Probably too many cigars....
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