A COUNTRY HOUSE CHRISTMAS Phyllis Sandeman - 2022 Christmas Special

What'sHerName

Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.8 • 538 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The darkest time of year inspires us all to reflect on the meaning and power of Home. Experience Christmas in a grand country house through the eyes of an Edwardian child in this charming reading of Phyllis Elinor Sandeman’s memoir, A Country House Christmas performed by returning What'sHerName favorite Jay Stelling. Guest Jay Stelling is an illustrator, doll maker and storyteller from North Yorkshire, England, and an assistant at Mother Shipton’s Cave. She graduated in 2018 from Leeds Arts University where she received a First in BA(hons) Illustration. You can often find her making tiny dolls in her little attic studio with her partner and their two fluffy cats. Jay is fascinated by fairies and folklore, with most of her work centred around charming character and children’s stories, such as fairy tales and Yorkshire legends. Jay’s first children’s book Whistle-Stop Thistle is a story about recycling and reusing scrap materials. You can purchase her dolls, books, and more on her website. Music for this episode provided by: Fiddlesticks, Nate Blaze, Random Canadian, Brian Bolger, Sir Cubworth, Aaron Kenny, and Esther Abrami. We are especially grateful for this exclusive new recording of “Christians Awake," arranged and performed especially for us by the wonderful Kira Zeeman Rugen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.7	This episode was sponsored by our patrons.
0:32.5	Julie Gray, Rachel Kay, Jessica Smith, Tracy Steeb, Kim Hockinson, Janelies Cannon, Jill Harrigan, Jamie Lang, Maria Sanchez, Heather McKinnon, Valerie Jacobson, Chantelle Oliver, Tam Zane Weir, and Caitlin McTaggart.
0:48.2	Thank you so much for being our sponsors. We couldn't do it without you.
0:55.3	Merry Christmas, Olivia. Merry Christmas, Olivia.
0:57.3	Merry Christmas, Katie.
0:59.4	Here's the thing that strikes me every Christmas.
1:01.9	All the Christmas classic stories are written by men.
1:06.3	About men.
1:07.8	Yep.
1:08.2	Christmas Carol.
1:09.7	Elf.
1:10.7	Home alone. Yeah. And especially, okay, so in order to do a reading of a Christmas story, it has to be out of copyright for our purposes.
1:19.6	Mm-hmm. So I'm looking at pre-1924 Christmas stories. And their... Women didn't exist before 1924. Apparently.
1:30.2	Such a dearth.
1:33.6	Having said that, on a recent visit to England,
1:37.5	I was, of course, in the charity shops looking at all of the vintage books.
1:43.0	And I found a book called, let me grab my copy.
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