Skadi, the Cold Mountain Bride
Free now on YouTube and in your podcast app.
From the Norse myths: Skadi, the cold mountain bride, must choose a husband by seeing nothing but his feet.
Christmas and winter sleep stories for adults
Long winter nights deserve long stories. These are the Christmas and winter sleep stories for adults from The Sleeping Almanac, each told slowly over a quiet music bed so it can play all night. New nights join through November and December, from the Gospel of James on November 12 to the Green Chapel live on December 30.
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The Snow Queen, the Original Fairy Tale
Free now on YouTube and in your podcast app.
Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale told in full: a splinter from a magic mirror, a boy carried off to the Snow Queen's palace, and the friend who walks the long way to bring him home.
Coming this winter
Each night joins the Christmas playlist on YouTube as it airs.
The Christmas Story the Bible Left Out: The Complete Gospel of James
Arrives Thursday, November 12 at 6 PM Eastern, on YouTube and in your podcast app.
The Christmas story retold in full from the Gospel of James, slowly, over a quiet music bed.
Father Frost and Morozko, the Full Russian Fairy Tale
Arrives Thursday, November 26 at 6 PM Eastern, on YouTube and in your podcast app.
A Russian winter fairy tale told in full: a girl left alone in the snowy forest, and the frost who comes to her through the trees.
Christmas Sleep Music by Candlelight
Live on YouTube Saturday, December 19 at 8 PM Eastern. Open it now to get a reminder.
Eleven hours of candlelit Christmas music with no talking, live on YouTube. Three hours of it come to the podcast the same night.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Castle on Christmas Eve
Arrives Sunday, December 20 at 6 PM Eastern, on YouTube and in your podcast app.
Sir Gawain rides out through the winter and comes to a castle on Christmas Eve.
Fairy Tale Sleep Stories for the Longest Night
Live on YouTube Monday, December 21 at 8 PM Eastern. Open it now to get a reminder.
Eleven hours of winter fairy tales, live on YouTube: The Snow Queen, Cinderella and Kaguya. The same collection comes to the podcast that night.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Part One, The Castle on Christmas Eve
Live on YouTube Wednesday, December 23 at 8 PM Eastern. Open it now to get a reminder.
The castle on Christmas Eve as an eleven hour live sleep story on YouTube.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Green Chapel at the New Year
Arrives Sunday, December 27 at 6 PM Eastern, on YouTube and in your podcast app.
The end of the tale: Gawain keeps his word and rides to the Green Chapel at the New Year.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Part Two, The Green Chapel at the New Year
Live on YouTube Wednesday, December 30 at 8 PM Eastern. Open it now to get a reminder.
The Green Chapel at the New Year as an eleven hour live sleep story on YouTube.