A Christmas Dream (Premium Episode Preview)
Drift Off - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Joanne D'Amico
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Tonight I will be reading a story called ‘ A Christmas Dream” written by Louisa May Alcott. Like Scrooge, a young girl named Effie, learns the true meaning of Christmas after being visited by a Christmas spirit in a dream. However, Alcott gives this familiar Christmas story plot a bit of twist at the end. So get comfy and cozy under the covers and let's find out what this Christmas story is all about :)
Happy Holidays and sweet dreams!
Music in this episode "Fire Light" by the Golden Peas via https://www.epidemicsound.com/
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to DriftOff. I'm your host Joanne, and you're listening to a bonus episode called |
| 0:09.2 | A Christmas Dream by Luisa Mae Elcott. You can listen to the whole story and other episodes |
| 0:17.0 | while enjoying ad-free listening by becoming a premium member at driftoff.supercast.com |
| 0:23.4 | or you can find the link in the show notes that's driftoff.supercast.com |
| 0:46.2 | Tonight's storytelling is called A Christmas Dream by Luisa Mae Elcott. |
| 0:53.4 | Like Scrooge, a young girl named Effie learns the true meaning of Christmas after being |
| 1:00.3 | visited by a Christmas spirit in a dream. Elcott, however, gives this familiar Christmas story plot |
| 1:08.5 | a bit of a twist at the end. And so I invite you now to settle in. |
| 1:14.2 | And as you ease into a comfortable sleep position, this automatically sends a message letting |
| 1:25.4 | your body and mind know that it's safe to wind down and relax. And as your body and mind |
| 1:35.1 | come to rest now, you can become aware of the sensation and the softness of your sheets and |
| 1:45.1 | blankets and pillows, letting this feeling of closeness surround you, enveloping you in comfort, |
| 1:58.7 | and in this quiet moment of restfulness, letting go of thoughts and worries is easy and everless, |
| 2:17.4 | allowing these words to wash over you and guiding you into a peaceful state that will help you |
| 2:27.7 | drift off. And so is always my friend, settling comfortably under the covers, |
| 2:44.3 | take a full comfortable breath, and as you exhale, relax and let go. |
| 2:58.1 | Allow any tension to just melt away, letting your body sink deeper and deeper down into the |
| 3:10.2 | softness of your bed. There is nothing else to do and nowhere else to be. |
| 3:20.6 | So just lay back, relax, and enjoy this story. |
| 3:50.8 | I'm so tired of Christmas, I wish there would never be another one exclaimed and unhappy looking |
| 4:00.1 | little girl who sat watching her mother arrange a pile of gifts two days before they were to be given. |
| 4:08.7 | Why Effie, what a dreadful thing to say, you're as bad as old scrooge. I'm afraid something will |
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