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T's and Cs apply. Hello, it's time for more happier, a podcast where we get more happier.

It's weekend listening with a looser vibe.

And this week and next week, presenting the Snow Queen. For me, nothing is cozier than hearing someone read aloud. I remember my

father reading Charlotte's Web to me before bedtime, and I remember my daughter Eleanor reading half magic to me

when she was young.

Once she was a good reader, I turned the tables and had her read to me before bedtime.

So this week and next week, as a holiday gift to you, I'm reading a towering classic of children's literature, one of Hans Christian

Anderson's most celebrated fairy tales, the Snow Queen. You can listen to this story like a regular

podcast episode, or you can treat it like an audiobook, or perhaps you'll listen to it to

help you fall asleep at night at your own bedtime.

Hans Christian Anderson was a Danish author who lived from 1805 to 1875.

During his lifetime, he was a prolific writer of poems, plays, travelogues, and more,

but today he's known for his fairy tales.

So many of his tales are extraordinarily well known. and more, but today he's known for his fairy tales.

So many of his tales are extraordinarily well known.

He wrote The Emperor's New Clothes, The Little Mermaid, Thumbalina, the Little Match Girl,

the Nightingale, the Princess and the Pea, the Wild Swans, the Ugly Duckling, and many others. Many have been made into movies and television shows. As incredible as it may seem, I have not myself seen the movie Frozen,

but I know that Frozen was very loosely based on the Snow Queen. The Snow Queen was written in 1844 and is one of Anderson's

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