The 2023 Christmas Special! – Episode 135
In this hard-fought-for episode, Dara soldiers on alone to deliver this year’s Christmas special.
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Christmas story
The Finding of Gabriel’s Heart
This year’s Christmas story features a man who is desperate for a break so he can feel worthy of his wife’s love. A larger-than-life blind man hijacks his night and steers him on a path towards victory. But is he all that he seems? And what does his one-eyed cat have to do with proceedings?
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The 2022 Christmas Special! – Episode 83
Dara ain’t gonna lie – this was a monster effort to produce! A little recital with his wife, an unexpected but most welcome interview with his daughter, and a new story for the season that’s in it, all pulled together on the day of the episode. And done while sick.
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The Zero Sum Game of Loving Christmas – Episode 82
In this Christmas shopping list of an episode, Dara has a look at the festive season through the lens of Christmases past. He also considers the pressure people are put under to partake of all things yule.
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The Christmas Special! – Episode 31
This week’s episode brings you a brand new Christmas story written by Dara. What happens to the little girl who runs away from her mother in a posh department store? Will she be taken away by the in-house security team? Will her mother regain her Christmas spirit? Will she accept the help of a stranger? Find out when you listen to ‘Caramel’. The story can also be found in written form on theclearout.com, where Dara’s other Christmas stories can also be found in both written and audio formats.
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Caramel
Caramel Mia didn’t enter the kitchen immediately when she got to the end of the hallway. She hovered near the door in silence and watched her mother, who was sitting at the kitchen table drinking a cup of tea. More accurately, a cup of tea sat on the table beside her mother, but it was