King and Holidays with Mallory O'Meara and Meredith Borders
Episode 259, Nov 27, 09:00 AM
Have you noticed that Stephen King rarely incorporates holidays into his work? Vespe did, so he asked two well-read Kingcast favorites, Mallory O'Meara (GIRLY DRINKS) and Meredith Borders (FANGORIA), to come in and break down the rare instances where King folded in holidays like Christmas and Halloween into his books and short stories.
While he tends to avoid centering almost all of his stories around holidays, he does often set them in Winter. We discuss that, the New England of it all, and take some wild stabs at why he keeps returning to the cold in his stories.
This one is a little more of a nerdy deep dive into King's overall body of work, but we do talk a bit about Different Seasons, Cycle of the Werewolf, One for the Road, Dreamcatcher, Storm of the Century, If It Bleeds, The Stand, Dark Tower, and The Shining, all of which give some kind of passing nod to widely celebrated holidays or at least the bone-chilling horror of New England winters.