Christmas Stories

Alone and loving it one Christmas Eve, the selfish and unfriendly Benedict Nail finds himself shrunk into miniature and lost in the wilderness of his own living room, which turns out to populated by the ghosts of long-dead Londoners. To reverse the enchantment he must set out on weird expedition through the knick-knacks  and mementoes of his past, and in the course of a long midwinter night discover a whole new Benedict Nail.Chapter 1: In which Mr Benedict Nail, who does not approve of Christmas, neighbours or music, finds himself assailed by all three and does not enjoy itThe Ghosts of Christmas Presents is a seasonal adventure through one man's living room, the wonders he finds there and the lessons he learns. Told in 24 chapters, it is written by Tobias Sturt and read by Jon Millington. The music is 'Path of the Goblin King' by Kevin MacLeod of filmmusic.io (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4503-the-path-of-the-goblin-king)You can get in touch with us through our website: www.christmasstories.co.uk, where you can also find more Christmas stories. We're also on:Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1cnV4Q5uFiZ667AwCeYWcD)Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/jo/podcast/christmas-stories/id342644159)Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/ruritania)Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/christmasserial)YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQh_qRDlz4ukgQJBoV_2ALA)Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-adventure-calendar-of-mr-timothy-hope)Google Podcasts (shorturl.at/fpEWZ)

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This is a trailer for Christmas Stories, a seasonal podcast.Every year we write and record a Christmas story. The stories are released in 24 episodes, usually about ten to fifteen minutes long, one for every day of December up to Christmas Day, a sort of audiobook advent calendar. The stories are usually written by me, Tobias Sturt, and read by the actor Jon Millington.They're all very different: from the steam driven shenanigans of the Adventure Calendar of Mr Timothy Hope to the delightful Christmas spent in The Apartment Store by the little girl Lydia and her family and friends. But they all take Christmas seriously - or at least as seriously as it should be taken: which is both not at all and entirely too much.We have a Patreon page: https://patreon.com/christmasstoriesand a Ko-fi page: https://ko-fi.com/christmasstoriesYou can get in touch with us through our website: www.christmasstories.co.uk, where you can also find more Christmas stories. We're also on:Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1cnV4Q5uFiZ667AwCeYWcD)Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/jo/podcast/christmas-stories/id342644159)Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/ruritania)Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/christmasserial)YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQh_qRDlz4ukgQJBoV_2ALA)Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-adventure-calendar-of-mr-timothy-hope)Google Podcasts (shorturl.at/fpEWZ)The music for this trailer is 'Christmas Tape Lo Fi' by WinnieTheMoog from filmmusic.iohttps://filmmusic.io/song/7133-christmas-tape-lo-fi

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A story for Halloween, written in 2021A group of teenagers living just outside of Berlin are haunted by violent visions of Germany's past.Inspired by a holiday to Gross Glienicke just outside Berlin in 2019. We chose to stay there mostly because of the book The House by the Lake (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-house-by-the-lake/9780099592044), about a house there that has sat at the centre of twentieth century German history. Meanwhile I was also reading James Hawes' A Shortest History of Germany (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-shortest-history-of-germany/9781910400739). These books and a lonely bus stop on the way to Spandau collided in my head to produce visions of lost Roman legions, the cruelties of the Thirty Years War and all the horrors of modern Germany.I'm fun to go on holiday with.The music is: 'Thinking Music' by Kevin MacLeod (https://filmmusic.io/song/4522-thinking-music)Effects from Freesound (https://freesound.org/people/redskelington/bookmarks/category/148670/): craigsmith, giddster, karlis.stigis, forfie, raugdae, dobroide, cciecko, Garuda1982, mrsorbias, inchadney

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In which a magician (second class) waits up on Christmas Eve for a very special visitor. Oh, who am I kidding, you know: Father Christmas.When a magician (second class) chooses to do Christmas duty in the City of London, it's because he's hoping for a nice, quiet , seasonal time; not for ancient magic to break loose, and the enchanted city to be filled with ghosts, monsters, wonder and danger. Not on his watch. Not when he's going to have to deal with it all on his own. That would be an all too magical Christmas.An all too magical Christmas is a seasonal adventure story of magic, mayhem and mystery, told in 24 instalments. Written by Tobias Sturt and read aloud by Jon Millington. Featuring arrangements of the Russian Dance from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker by The Norman Leyden Orchestra and Spike Jones and his City Slickers, both sourced from the Internet Archive.You can get in touch with us through our website: www.ruritania.co.uk/contact, where you can also find more Christmas stories (www.ruritania.co.uk/stories). We're also on:Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1cnV4Q5uFiZ667AwCeYWcD)Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/jo/podcast/christmas-stories/id342644159)Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/ruritania)Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/christmasserial)YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQh_qRDlz4ukgQJBoV_2ALA)

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In which a magician (second class) puts things, people and good sense back where they belong and generally tidies up.When a magician (second class) chooses to do Christmas duty in the City of London, it's because he's hoping for a nice, quiet , seasonal time; not for ancient magic to break loose, and the enchanted city to be filled with ghosts, monsters, wonder and danger. Not on his watch. Not when he's going to have to deal with it all on his own. That would be an all too magical Christmas.An all too magical Christmas is a seasonal adventure story of magic, mayhem and mystery, told in 24 instalments. Written by Tobias Sturt and read aloud by Jon Millington. Featuring arrangements of the Russian Dance from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker by The Norman Leyden Orchestra and Spike Jones and his City Slickers, both sourced from the Internet Archive.You can get in touch with us through our website: www.ruritania.co.uk/contact, where you can also find more Christmas stories (www.ruritania.co.uk/stories). We're also on:Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1cnV4Q5uFiZ667AwCeYWcD)Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/jo/podcast/christmas-stories/id342644159)Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/ruritania)Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/christmasserial)YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQh_qRDlz4ukgQJBoV_2ALA)

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When a magician (second class) chooses to do Christmas duty in the City of London, it's because he's hoping for a nice, quiet , seasonal time; not for ancient magic to break loose, and the enchanted city to be filled with ghosts, monsters, wonder and danger. Not on his watch. Not when he's going to have to deal with it all on his own. That would be an all too magical Christmas.An all too magical Christmas is a seasonal adventure story of magic, mayhem and mystery, told in 24 instalments. Written by Tobias Sturt and read aloud by Jon Millington. Featuring arrangements of the Russian Dance from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker by The Norman Leyden Orchestra and Spike Jones and his City Slickers, both sourced from the Internet Archive.You can get in touch with us through our website: www.ruritania.co.uk/contact, where you can also find more Christmas stories (www.ruritania.co.uk/stories). We're also on:Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1cnV4Q5uFiZ667AwCeYWcD)Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/jo/podcast/christmas-stories/id342644159)Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/ruritania)Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/christmasserial)YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQh_qRDlz4ukgQJBoV_2ALA)

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Episode 21: In which a magician (second class) takes a pudding to a party, much to the pudding's disappointment.When a magician (second class) chooses to do Christmas duty in the City of London, it's because he's hoping for a nice, quiet , seasonal time; not for ancient magic to break loose, and the enchanted city to be filled with ghosts, monsters, wonder and danger. Not on his watch. Not when he's going to have to deal with it all on his own. That would be an all too magical Christmas.An all too magical Christmas is a seasonal adventure story of magic, mayhem and mystery, told in 24 instalments. Written by Tobias Sturt and read aloud by Jon Millington. Featuring arrangements of the Russian Dance from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker by The Norman Leyden Orchestra and Spike Jones and his City Slickers, both sourced from the Internet Archive.You can get in touch with us through our website: www.ruritania.co.uk/contact, where you can also find more Christmas stories (www.ruritania.co.uk/stories). We're also on:Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1cnV4Q5uFiZ667AwCeYWcD)Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/jo/podcast/christmas-stories/id342644159)Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/ruritania)Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/christmasserial)YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQh_qRDlz4ukgQJBoV_2ALA)

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Episode 20: In which a magician (second class) finds himself face to face with the man himself: Father ChristmasWhen a magician (second class) chooses to do Christmas duty in the City of London, it's because he's hoping for a nice, quiet , seasonal time; not for ancient magic to break loose, and the enchanted city to be filled with ghosts, monsters, wonder and danger. Not on his watch. Not when he's going to have to deal with it all on his own. That would be an all too magical Christmas.An all too magical Christmas is a seasonal adventure story of magic, mayhem and mystery, told in 24 instalments. Written by Tobias Sturt and read aloud by Jon Millington. Featuring arrangements of the Russian Dance from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker by The Norman Leyden Orchestra and Spike Jones and his City Slickers, both sourced from the Internet Archive.You can get in touch with us through our website: www.ruritania.co.uk/contact, where you can also find more Christmas stories (www.ruritania.co.uk/stories). We're also on:Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1cnV4Q5uFiZ667AwCeYWcD)Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/jo/podcast/christmas-stories/id342644159)Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/ruritania)Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/christmasserial)YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQh_qRDlz4ukgQJBoV_2ALA)

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In which a magician (second class) finally finds what he's been looking for. In precisely the wrong place. When a magician (second class) chooses to do Christmas duty in the City of London, it's because he's hoping for a nice, quiet , seasonal time; not for ancient magic to break loose, and the enchanted city to be filled with ghosts, monsters, wonder and danger. Not on his watch. Not when he's going to have to deal with it all on his own. That would be an all too magical Christmas.An all too magical Christmas is a seasonal adventure story of magic, mayhem and mystery, told in 24 instalments. Written by Tobias Sturt and read aloud by Jon Millington. Featuring arrangements of the Russian Dance from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker by The Norman Leyden Orchestra and Spike Jones and his City Slickers, both sourced from the Internet Archive.You can get in touch with us through our website: www.ruritania.co.uk/contact, where you can also find more Christmas stories (www.ruritania.co.uk/stories). We're also on:Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1cnV4Q5uFiZ667AwCeYWcD)Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/jo/podcast/christmas-stories/id342644159)Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/ruritania)Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/christmasserial)YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQh_qRDlz4ukgQJBoV_2ALA)

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In which a magician (second class) hitches a ride across enchanted London with King Herla and his Wild Hunt.When a magician (second class) chooses to do Christmas duty in the City of London, it's because he's hoping for a nice, quiet , seasonal time; not for ancient magic to break loose, and the enchanted city to be filled with ghosts, monsters, wonder and danger. Not on his watch. Not when he's going to have to deal with it all on his own. That would be an all too magical Christmas.An all too magical Christmas is a seasonal adventure story of magic, mayhem and mystery, told in 24 instalments. Written by Tobias Sturt and read aloud by Jon Millington. Featuring arrangements of the Russian Dance from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker by The Norman Leyden Orchestra and Spike Jones and his City Slickers, both sourced from the Internet Archive.You can get in touch with us through our website: www.ruritania.co.uk/contact, where you can also find more Christmas stories (www.ruritania.co.uk/stories). We're also on:Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1cnV4Q5uFiZ667AwCeYWcD)Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/jo/podcast/christmas-stories/id342644159)Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/ruritania)Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/christmasserial)YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQh_qRDlz4ukgQJBoV_2ALA)

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