Bill reads today's issue (or at least this day in 1823) of the Troy Sentinel. The issue includes beekeeping tips, hogsheads of rum, an enormous pig, news on the Morales expedition, a Christmas poem from an anonymous reader…

Links/sources:

Troy Sentinel (Dec. 23, 1823): https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031777/1823-12-23/ed-1/seq-3/

Victor Herbert's Orchestra, "Nutcracker Ballet: Chinese Dance / Dance of the Mirilitons" (1913): https://archive.org/details/Voices_of_Christmas_Past_1898_to_1922/16_NutcrackerBalletChineseDanceDanceoftheMirilitons.flac

"O Tannenbaum": https://archive.org/details/78_o-tannenbaum_orchefter-mit-gloden_gbia0010664b

Ken Griffin, "Silent Night" (1950): https://archive.org/details/78_adeste-fideles-o-come-all-ya-faithful_ken-griffin-mohr-gruber_gbia0097796/03

Charles R. Cronhom, "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear / Shepherd's Christmas Song / I Saw Three Ships a-Sailing" (1960): https://archive.org/details/78_it-came-upon-the-midnight-clear-shepherds-christmas-song-i-saw-three-ships-asai_gbia0034356a/

Ken Griffin, "O Come All Ye Faithful" (1950): https://archive.org/details/78_adeste-fideles-o-come-all-ya-faithful_ken-griffin-mohr-gruber_gbia0097796/03

Ernest Hare, "The Night Before Christmas" (1920): https://archive.org/details/Voices_of_Christmas_Past_1898_to_1922/15_NightBeforeChristmas.flac

Andrew Kostelantetz & His Orchestra, "Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71" (1924): https://archive.org/details/78_nutcracker-suite-op.-71a.-march---dance-of-the-sugar-plum-fairy_andre-kostelantetz_gbia0001232a

Edison Male Quartette, "Sleigh Ride Party / Jingle Bells" (1898): https://archive.org/details/Voices_of_Christmas_Past_1898_to_1922/03_SleighRidePartyJingleBells.flac