Guided Sleep Meditation & Sleep Hypnosis from Sleep Cove - Christmas Bedtime Stories - A Visit to Santa Claus Land

Episode Date: December 14, 2022

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Please listen to this recording in a place where you can safely go to sleep. Hi everyone. Tonight I've read a bedtime story called A Visit to Santa Clausland. It's about two young children who are so excited they try and stay up to watch Santa Claus deliver their presence. However soon they get transported to Santa Claus Land and the Garden of Toys in this story. And it really reminded me of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The world which they go into really. really reminds me of that imaginative world of Roald Dahl.

I really hope you enjoy it. And if you have any requests this holiday season, please remember to leave a written five-star review with a request in the review. Now get cozy and get ready for this beautiful Christmas story to Santa Claus Land by Georgine. Faulkner. Once upon a time, there were two children, a little boy named Willie and a little girl named Annie. Now they could hardly wait for Sunder Claus to visit them. So every day they would say to their mother,

Oh, mother, how many days until Christmas? Must we wait a whole month, mother? 20 days more? 10 days more, only five days more, how slowly the day's drag on mother. Now the busy mother felt the time slipped by all too rapidly, but the children counted the days on the calendar and grew more and more impatient each day. At last they shouted in glee, Santa Claus will visit us tonight, and tomorrow is Merry Christmas. They borrowed the longest, strongest stockings, which they could find,

and when their mother came to tuck them snugly in bed and to kiss them good night, Willie said, Do you know, Mother, I am going to prop my eyelids wide open and watch all night for Santa Claus. So am I, said Annie. And when he does come down the chimney, we will ask him where he gets all the toys. We must go right to sleep, and he will come all the faster, answered Mother, as she turned out the lights and left the nursery. After she had gone downstairs, Willy whispered to Annie, say Annie, are you awake?

Yes, I am, said Annie, but I'm getting so sorry. I wish he would hurry and come right now. Let's sing our Christmas carols for him. And so the two children sang all the songs they knew. My, it does seem so long to wait. I am most asleep, said Willie, with a big yawn. I tell you, we can take turns. You watch for him a while, Annie, and then I shall my house.

After a time, Willie, I'm so sleepy. It's your turn to watch, but she received no answer. The next thing they knew, Annie and Willie, were a way up in the North Pole country, with snow and it could go through this wall, said Willie. And just as he said this, the eyes seemed to open. And there was a great gateway leading into the strangest garden that you ever heard of in all your life. It was a garden. We believe their eyes as they saw the wonders about them. Hanging right there appeared to be something growing like morning glories. When they looked again, the children saw that they were. were not morning glories at all, but small toy talking machines that find nearby they saw

growing like flowers, real toy trumpets. Willie picked a trumpet at once and played on it 2-2-2-200. Oh, you must not touch the toys when he gasped poor Annie in fright. The children saw the gardener of this wonderful land of toys. He was the merriest old man, dressed on in red, and his coat and hat were trimmed with ermine. His hair and beard were as white as the snow, and his cheeks were like red, rosy apples,

while his eyes twinkled like stars. The children knew who this gardener was at once. You may be sure. Why, it was Santa Claus, of course. He was cutting down a crop of whistles with his sickle. He had a large red sack at his side and smaller bags nearby, and he was so happy that he sang as he worked. In my wonderful garden of toys,

grows a crop for the good girls and boys, dolls, cannon and drums, candy cake, sugar plums, all grow in my garden of toys. He was just ready to make up another verse when he spied the two children. Oh, ho, ho, ho, he laughed merrily. How did you two children come here? please Mr. Santa Claus, said Willie Shireney, we were waiting for you to visit us, and the next thing we knew we were in this garden. We don't know how we came here,

but now that we are here, may we not help you to pick some toys? Indeed you may, said Santa Claus, I need two such helpers. I was just wondering, how I could gather all these toys in time for tomorrow. Willie, will you please go over to the garden bed in the corner and pull up some toys?

Pull up some toys! echoed Willie in amazement. But he took a red sack and went to the garden and began to put up tops growing like turnips and little tops growing like beets and radishes. There were all kinds of tops. Some would hum, hum, hum and make music while Willie pulled them up. Next, Willie climbed a tree and began to pick red marbles growing just like cherries.

And he found purple and blue marbles growing on a trellis, just like grapes. So he filled many small bags with marbles. He also climbed other trees, where he thought he saw apples and oranges growing. But when he came near them, he found different coloured balls. So he picked a bag of balls for Santa. Oh Santa, may I help to? asked Annie. Indeed you may, my child, he answered. How should you like to pick dollies?

So all this time, Annie was busy getting him dollies, and she was very happy. Dear, dear dollies, Annie said, as she hugged each one in turn, how happy all their little girls will be when they find these dollies Christmas morning. Large dolls with the cutest on their heads, growing just like roses, and other donnies with the dearest pointed hats growing up pansies turning their pretty little faces

up towards Annie presently Santa Claus began to water the grass and suddenly every blade of grass was a tiny tin soldier with his musket erected help

while soldiers' tents like mushroom sprang up all ships, sailboats, steamboats, motorboats, roadboats and canoes were all out on a lake nearby. But they could never sink, for their lake was a large looking glass. And fishes, ducks and swans were swimming on looking glass streams. The children rushed from one garden. to another, and saw so many things to pick, that they were kept very busy, helping Santa Claus. Oh, see those pumpkins and squashes over there on those vines! exclaimed Willie.

But when he went to pick them, he found drums, large and small, footballs and basketballs, lying on the ground, like melons and pumpkins turned brown. Whee-he-he, isn't this Johnny? See those funny brown leaves blowing in the wind? Called Annie. They are of all sizes and shapes. When the children came near to pick them, they found no leaves at all,

but brown teddy bears, with their arms and feet outstretched. the children hugged them in their arms and the teddy bears gave little squeaks of glee for they were so glad to be gathered in with this harvest

of toys. Suddenly overhead the children heard a wher-wur-waring noise and when they looked up it seemed as if great swarms of dragon-flies and butterflies were hovering over them.

Ha, ha, ha, laughed Santa Claus, as he watched the surprised children. Those are new toys. They only lately have come to my land, but here, take these butterfly nets and try to catch a few of them. And when Annie and Willie brought his, these toys down a little nearer, they saw that they were not dragonflies or butterflies,

but toy airships. Tiny toy trains went gliding over steel rails, across switches, under bridges, over bridges, and stopped at stations, quite like really, truly trains. How should you like to see my farm, asked Santa Claus, and the next thing, Annie and Willie knew they were in a farmyard. Houses, fences and barns, with stalls for horses and cows, and everything as complete as a real farm. Horses rocked to and fro, all rolled about so Willie and White. There was a menagerie of wild animals nearby. elephants and tigers, lions and monkeys. More animals than you can tell about were there,

and they looked so real that at first Annie felt like running to hide behind Santa Claus. Then Santa Claus led them through toy villages, and they really felt like giants, when they looked down on all the dolls' houses and different. stores, toy theatres, toy post offices, toy grocery stores, meat markets, and in all these stores were dolls for clerks and dolls for customers. Then Santa took them far away from the villages, out through the orchard where the sugar-plum trees were growing, and after they had filled, Many bags with candy, he led them out to the Christmas tree forest.

Here they found Christmas trees growing with cold and silver tinsle and hung with glass balls and chains, while tiny colored nights were twinkling through the branches. Santa Claus had to gather these trees and packed the trees, and packed the trees. them with great care. The next thing the children knew, Sunderclaw's had taken them right into his home. There they saw a dear old lady with snow-white hair who was sewing on some dolls clothes.

She was dressing some other dollies that had sprung up without any clothes. It was Mrs. Santa Claus, of course, and as she hugged and kissed the children, she said to Santa Claus, The dears, where did you find them? In the garden, answered Santa Claus. I don't know how they came here, but they are excellent helpers. They have been helping me to gather my toys. I shall soon be ready now, after I do a little more work in my shop.

You know, my dear, I must first test my winding toys, for that clockwork machinery does break so easily. As he talked, Santa Claus took off his cap and coat, rolled up his sleeves and went right to work. He wound and tested each toy, and Willie helped him by handing him the keys for each one. There was a honk, honk, honk, a toot, toot, toot, a chug, chug, and a clang, clang, clang.

As automobiles, boats, engines, fire engines, and all kinds of mechanical toys, went running about the shop like mad. Next, Santa was working with his saw and plane, hammer and nails, and with a wrap and a tap, he finished the roof of a doll's house. Mrs. Santa had dressed all the dolls and furnished the doll's houses. What a cute little kitchen! exclaimed Annie. Oh, Witty, did you see this dining room and the cunning parlour? And this little bedroom! How I should love to play dolls in this house! Then, Annie turned to Mrs. Claus and said,

may I not help you. I could thread your needles or help in some way. Why, so you may, my dear, answered Mrs. Claus. My eyes are getting old, and if you will, thread my needles, it will be a great help. So many threaded needles, and helped Mrs. Santa Claus to dress the last doll, meant to pack all the clothes in a new and finished writing a story and drawing the last pictures when suddenly the clock struck. Ding dong, ding, 12 times it struck, and Mrs. Santa Claus said, It is time you were up and away, sir. She held Santa Claus into his big cloak and he pulled on his high boots and his warm gloves, and pulled his cap down over his ears. Just then, the reindeer were heard prancing and pouring outside, impatient to be off and away.

Santa Claus bundled his big pack of toys into his sleigh and put in all his Christmas trees. He kissed Mrs. Santa Claus. on both cheeks, and with a big smack on the lips called out, Goodbye, Mother. And picking up Annie and Willie, as if they were live dolls, took one under each arm. Magic as they seemed fairly to fly through the air, and the moon and the stars seemed to dance in the sky,

as they went on, faster and faster. thing Annie and Willie knew, they were on the roof of their own home. The next thing they knew, they were down, down the chimney into their eye. Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, little sleepy heads. Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, they both shouted, as they bounced out of bed and rushed for their stockings, which were fairly bulging with toys, and, and, Annie was soon hugging and kissing a new donny, while Willie was blowing a new trumpet. In the other room stood a large Christmas tree, which had come from the Christmas tree forest. We know where these toys came from, said Willie.

They came from the Garden of Toys, for we visited Santa Claus land tonight. Now tonight when you go to bed, close your eyes tightly and go to sleep. I am sure you too can pay a visit to Santa Clausland. Merry Christmas.