An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving

Stories Podcast: A Bedtime Show for Kids of All Ages

Stories Podcast / Wondery

Fiction, Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.2 • 12.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Today's story is an adaptation of a story by Louisa May-Alcott and written for you by Daniel Hinds. Tilly, the oldest of six siblings, is left in charge on Thanksgiving when their parents rush Nana to urgent care. Determined to save the holiday, the kids attempt to cook the Thanksgiving dinner themselves. Do you think they'll be successful? Listen and find out! Check out Stories RPG our new show where we play games like Starsworn with all your Max Goodname friends, and Gigacity Guardians featuring the brilliant firefly! https://link.chtbl.com/gigacity Draw us a picture of what you think any of the characters in this story look like, and then tag us in it on instagram @storiespodcast! We'd love to see your artwork and share it on our feed!! If you would like to support Stories Podcast, you can subscribe and give us a five star review on iTunes, check out our merch at storiespodcast.com/shop, follow us on Instagram @storiespodcast, or just tell your friends about us! Check out our new YouTube channel at youtube.com/storiespodcast. If you've ever wanted to read along with our stories, now you can! These read-along versions of our stories are great for early readers trying to improve their skills or even adults learning English for the first time. Check it out.

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0:00.0	Hello! Welcome to Stories Podcast. I'm your host, Amanda Weldon. Today's story is called
0:08.0	an old-fashioned Thanksgiving, an adaptation of a story by Louisa May Alcott, written for you by
0:14.2	Daniel Hines. We have Stories Podcast merch available at Storiespodcast.com slash shop.
0:24.4	We're also on Cameo for all of your personalized video message needs,
0:27.3	and don't forget to follow us on Instagram at Stories Podcast.
0:32.1	If you send us a drawing of your favorite scene or character, we'll share it on our feed.
0:35.3	Now here's a word for our sponsors.
0:40.4	As parents, we know how quickly family time can turn into scrolling time, with everyone defaulting to their own devices after a long day. Wouldn't it be great
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1:46.7	An old-fashioned Thanksgiving.
1:50.8	Once upon a time, there was a family of a mom, a dad, and six kids, each one two years younger
1:59.1	than the last. Tilly was the oldest at 14, then Ben was 12,
2:05.0	then there was Roxy, Rody, Saul, and Sam. Don't worry, I know that's a lot of names.
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