Hello and welcome to the Storytime for grown-ups' Christmas Spectacular.

I'm Faith Moore, and for the months of November and December, we'll be reading A Little

Princess by Francis Hodgson Burnett.

Each episode, I'll read one chapter from the book, pausing from time to time to give brief

explanations so it's easier to follow along. It's like an audiobook with built-in notes. So gather

your family together, brew a pot of tea or a mug of hot chocolate, find a cozy chair, and settle

in. It's story time.

Hi everyone, welcome back. This is amazing, you guys. There are people sending me photographs of their kids, all snuggled up under cozy blankets, wearing pajamas, drinking hot cocoa, sitting next to teapots

with candles. It's amazing. I'm getting the most wonderful photos from you guys. I'm getting

amazing questions from kids. I'm getting amazing questions from kids. I'm getting

wonderful questions from grownups. This is so much fun. I had no idea if this was even going to

work. If you guys were even going to call in your friends and family and kids to gather around

for this Victorian Christmas, I didn't know. It was just an idea that I had,

but you guys, you're really doing it, and it is so cool and so much fun. Thank you. Thank you for

indulging me in this whim that I had for this Christmas season. It's so moving, really. It's

really touching to get these letters from kids who are thinking really

deeply about books. It's beautiful to get these photographs of people just taking, I mean,

in this world, who sits down and takes time to not even look at anything, right? There's no screen,

there's no flashing lights, there's no

bells and whistles. We're just talking about books and telling stories, you guys, and your

kids are here for it, you're here for it, and I am so, so here for it. So thank you. Thank you for

coming along on this ride. Thank you for putting out the call to your friends and your family and the kids in

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