The Loop gets all sentimental on you

This time, we seek out the sentiments of the season in some unusual places -- dumpster, third grade classroom, Romanian barn, you get the idea. We peek inside the brain of the woman ringing you up at the bookstore, and bring you our first-ever radio play.

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Tokyo Disneyland

Family time (montage)

Correspondent Nikki Tundel gets all sentimental

Shopping pro and dumpster-diver (with a piece by Sanden Totten)

"Why aren't you SMILING?" A commentary from Moira Manion

Undercurrents of the Hmong New Year (with Lee Pao Xiong)

"Where's Franklin?" A new radio play from Jordan Harrison and Jessica Nordell

With parents at the Salvation Army's "Toy Shop"

Meal on your porch (with Cathy Givens, via Gather.com)

Alcoholidays (produced by Andrew Haeg)

Give a Cow A piece by Julie Siple

Happy (Corporate) Holiday (with Bruce and Jason Blumenthal)

Third graders look back on the year (with the kids of Adams Elementary)

Silent Night A collective public radio carol