Ho ho ho! Some tips about what to listen to while driving to the mall, wrapping gifts, interesting friends, or comforting before a crackling vacation fireplace. In Scott Simon’s modern version from the Christmas story, Jesus exists in an empty factory near Cleveland and the Three Wise Persons bring Chipotle gift cards. Claudia Sanchez gives a Latin highlight to “A Visit from St. Nicholas.” Barbara Bradley Hagerty explores what Xmas means for the young man choristers from the National Cathedral in Washington, about Tinsel Stories: Favorite Vacation Stories from NPR D.C. (Hint: Handel.) Inside a treasured 1974 saving, humorist, author, radio personality, and blacklisting victim John Henry Faulk tells of “the wonderfulest Xmas in america of America.” A kid believed missing doing his thing during WWII is situated in time for his family to celebrate the vacation. And a Vietnam veteran tells Weekend Edition Sunday about a “Silent Night time” that brought hope to patients in a military hospital. And that’s simply the star-topped suggestion of the tree. Every year, listeners tune into NPR for vacation offerings of most kinds: funny, touching, insightful, and astonishing. Now anyone can listen anytime to these evergreen delights.