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evening and welcome to the sleepy bookshelf where we put down our worries from the day and pick up a good

book i'm your host, Elizabeth.

It is so lovely to have you here with me tonight.

This evening we are returning to the life and adventures of Santa Claus.

But before that, let's take some time to unwind and relax.

Take a big stretch where you are and feel the tension release from your muscles.

Today is over and all that matters is that you get the rest you deserve to take on tomorrow.

Let's take some nice, deep breaths to help you settle in inhale and imagine all your worries and concerns

are being collected into a little cloud.

And when you exhale, blow that cloud away from you.

Once more, inhale, collecting all the thoughts, and exhale, blowing them away.

You can repeat this as many times as you need to feel fully relaxed while I recap our last episode.

Ack took Klaus all around the world to visit humans in their various dwellings.

And Klaus noticed that no matter whether the children were wealthy or poor,

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