"A Night for Stories" from the Martin & Sylvia: More Adventures! collection
Sparkle Stories Podcast
Lisabeth Sewell
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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One late afternoon, when Martin expresses his frustration about how the days get so short this time of year, Daddy tells brother and sister about how it is considered the storytelling time of year. He suggests that they spend the evening together telling stories and everyone gets excited. He says that stories almost always bring magic — but that evening, the magic surprises even Daddy.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Sparkle Stories podcast. This is Elizabeth of Sparkle Stories. |
| 0:14.9 | I have a story today that's about storytelling. And you know what? It's another Martin and Sylvia story, |
| 0:23.2 | because Martin and Sylvia just have the best stories for this time of year. So it's from the |
| 0:30.0 | Martin and Sylvia More Adventures collection. And it's called a Night Four Stories. And you know |
| 0:36.1 | in the northern hemisphere, like in Canada or the United States, |
| 0:41.9 | the days are becoming shorter and the nights are long. We're headed to the winter solstice, |
| 0:48.8 | which is the shortest day and longest night of the year. So in this story, the children are frustrated about this |
| 0:57.2 | short day and this long night. But Daddy reminds them that this is a wonderful time of year for |
| 1:03.8 | telling stories. And so in the story, they spend the evening storytelling. And you know they know that stories bring |
| 1:13.3 | magic, but in this story, it brings extra magic that even surprises Daddy. So listen in and |
| 1:19.7 | let's get inspired for some storytelling this season. Okay, before I share this story, |
| 1:27.2 | I want to encourage you to subscribe. If you're not yet a subscriber, |
| 1:31.4 | it's easy. Go to SparklStories.com. Click the button in the top right that says start free trial. |
| 1:37.6 | You'll start for free and get to try our entire library of over 1,500 original stories. |
| 1:44.1 | You can listen as much as you like, as often as you |
| 1:47.0 | like. And it's a wonderful time because we have so many holiday stories. And here's something |
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