Christmas Is Coming (Nursery Rhyme)

Christmas Is Coming (Nursery Rhyme)

"Christmas Is Coming" is a beloved nursery rhyme that captures the festive spirit of the season in just a few playful lines. A plump goose signals that Christmas is near, while a kind old man holds out his hat, hoping for a penny or even a small ha'penny from passersby. At its heart, the rhyme is a gentle, joyful nudge toward generosity — and a warm blessing for those who have nothing to give at all. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-0-6-years--6559507/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-0-6-years--6559507/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

Jingle Bells (Song)

Jingle Bells, the iconic Christmas song by James Pierpont, bursts to life across its full original verses with sleigh rides, tumbles in the snow, and the irresistible pull of winter adventure. Beyond the famous chorus, a narrator courts Miss Fanny Bright, gets the sleigh stuck in a snowbank, and takes an undignified fall in front of a passing stranger. The mood is playful and full of mischief, capturing the reckless joy of a cold winter's night and the thrill of speed on an open sleigh. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-0-6-years--6559507/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-0-6-years--6559507/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

A Christmas Hamper

"A Christmas Hamper" is a playful Christmas poem that opens as a cheerful seasonal greeting, promising tales and rhymes for cosy holiday evenings. It then shifts into a child's funny, self-aware confession: shoelaces that tie themselves in knots, copy-books always full of blots, hair that tangles, toys that never put themselves away. The child wonders, with endearing logic, whether they are truly naughty — or simply surrounded by too many temptations — and tentatively promises to try being good, someday soon. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-0-6-years--6559507/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-0-6-years--6559507/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express

"The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express" is a Christmas Eve bedtime story told by a father to his two insistent children. The little Pony Engine, raised by a wounded mother locomotive at Boston's Fitchburg Depot, dreams of replacing the grand Pacific Express and one snowy afternoon makes a desperate dash across the entire continent to prove itself. The story blends warm family banter with a surprisingly emotional chase, as the children interrupt, argue, and nearly cry their way through their father's tall tale. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-0-6-years--6559507/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-0-6-years--6559507/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

Carol

"Carol" by Kenneth Grahame is a festive Christmas poem told in the voice of wassailers singing in the cold outside warm village doors, asking to be welcomed in by the fire. Verse by verse it moves from the frosty street to a starlit stable, where Joseph and Mary find shelter and the animals in the straw are the very first to cry Nowell. The poem builds a mood of communal warmth and wonder, weaving together the streets, the star, and the manger into a single joyful refrain. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-0-6-years--6559507/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-0-6-years--6559507/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].