As the Christmas season of 1938 came to Chicago, Illinois, Bob May was not feeling much in the holiday spirit and for good reason.  The 34-year old father of one, who penned ads for retail giant Montgomery Ward, was exhausted and nearly broke.  Worse yet, his wife, Evelyn, was bedridden and fighting valiantly against a cancer that had already stolen 2-years of her young life.  One night, Bob’s daughter, Barbara, asked her father: “Why isn’t my mommy like everybody else’s mommy?”  This devastated Bob May and as he struggled to answer her heart-wrenching question, he turned to his own personal experience of growing up and decided to spin a tail for Barbara that would help ease her pain and explain their family’s hardships.  Little did he know, that his tale would transform the story of Christmas forever and come to entertain the world over.
Thank you for joining us on this very special, very blessed Christmas Day.  Gather the family together, give thanks, and enjoy an episode of The Missing Chapter Podcast that will explain the origins of one of our most time-honored stories.

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