Twelve by the Mail
Fairy Tales with Granny MacDuff
Little Ears Media
4.4 • 788 Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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As a small village rings in the New Year, a mail coach arrives with an unexpected surprise … twelve newcomers, each each bringing their own special gift. As the bells chime and the celebrations begin, the village discovers that these new friends may bring more than presents … they bring the magic of the year ahead. ✨🎁✨
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening, children. It's Granny McDuff, ready with a story. |
| 0:06.0 | So make yourselves comfy, and I'll begin. |
| 0:10.0 | Twelve by the Mail. |
| 0:14.0 | Once upon a time, on a cold, crisp night, the stars shined bright and all was very quiet and still. |
| 0:25.6 | Then, suddenly, bang! |
| 0:30.6 | A pot was thrown into a wall. |
| 0:34.6 | Bang! Fireworks began. The clock struck twelve, and the village rejoiced, for it was New Year's Eve. |
| 0:46.3 | Hooray! |
| 0:48.3 | cried the villagers. |
| 0:50.3 | Happy New Year! |
| 0:53.3 | They toasted to the New Year and embraced. |
| 0:58.0 | Health and happiness for the New Year! |
| 1:01.0 | cried one man. |
| 1:03.0 | All of the neighbours gave one another well wishes. |
| 1:07.0 | As they did this, the mail arrived. |
| 1:10.0 | A big mail coach carrying 12 people. |
| 1:16.1 | Twelve strangers. |
| 1:18.9 | They carried gifts for all the people in town. |
| 1:23.4 | Good morning! |
| 1:24.7 | They cried to the gatekeeper over the fireworks. |
| 1:29.3 | Good morning. The cried to the gatekeeper over the fireworks. Good morning. |
| 1:30.3 | The gatekeeper replied over the twelfth chime of the midnight clock. |
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