Failure to Light

Ever been part of a "perfect" holiday tradition that went completely, hilariously sideways? 🤔 I'm sharing a memory from my childhood as an altar boy, on the most important night of the year: the Christmas Eve midnight service. It involves two nervous acolytes, a brilliant new invention (wax-free candles!), and a secret practice run that combined to create… well, a massive failure to light. 🔥😂 It's a story about good intentions and the chaos that sometimes follows. I can still feel my arms burning from holding that heavy cross while it all unfolded! 📖 Read A Failure to Light on my website (https://dkwall.com/musings/failure-to-light/?utm_source=transistor&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=musing_failure_to_light&utm_term=podcast_description&utm_content=musing_failure_to_light) Hello, I'm D. K. Wall, author of novels and short stories. Welcome to Musings and Tales. Whether it's a story I'm spinning or a thought I'm sharing from my home here in Asheville, it's all 100% true... except for the parts I make up. 📚Visit my website to discover more about my novels and short stories (https://dkwall.com) . ★ Support this podcast ★ (https://shop.dkwall.com/pages/donate) Your contributions support the cost of this commercial-free podcast. Thank you! 🎧 Subscribe to Musings and Tales on your favorite podcast app (https://musings-tales.dkwall.com/subscribe) I hope you enjoyed today's episode. Thank you so much for being a listener. Happy Reading! All images and music are licensed through Adobe Stock.