I'm taking a short break from writing and podcasting over the Xmas/New Year holiday period. But as a special treat for podcast listeners, I've put together a Kris Kringle collection featuring three "festive" episodes from the Tall And True Short Reads archive: The Gift, The Special Tree and The Spirit of Xmas.

The Kris Kringle stories first appeared on the Tall And True writers' website and were written and narrated by Robert Fairhead:

• The Gift: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/short-stories/the-gift.

• The Special Tree: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/short-stories/the-special-tree

• The Spirit of Xmas: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/blog/the-spirit-of-xmas

Podcast website: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com

Support the podcast: https://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads

Buy Robert's short story collections online:

• Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Fairhead/e/B086HZ36NM

• Rakuten Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/author/robert-fairhead

Podcast Theme and Sound Effects

Royalty-free music from Pixabay.com: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' – IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non-Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan.

Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from FreeSound.org:

• Santa's sleigh bells: https://freesound.org/people/BrianJamesLong/sounds/330415/

• Male laughter: https://freesound.org/people/Eneasz/sounds/119459/

• Female laughter: https://freesound.org/people/sagetyrtle/sounds/33658/

• Party background: https://freesound.org/people/dbspin/sounds/396684/

• Footsteps: https://freesound.org/people/Anthousai/sounds/398782/

• Champagne cork: https://freesound.org/people/ultradust/sounds/166923/

• Clock ticking-alarm: https://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/522119/

• Door closing: https://freesound.org/people/sgcardinal/sounds/395753/

• Bird song: https://freesound.org/people/ken788/sounds/386732/

• Computer keyboard: https://freesound.org/people/D4XX/sounds/567266/

• Slammed door: https://freesound.org/people/TiesWijnen/sounds/455540/

• Chainsaw: https://freesound.org/people/piwilliwillski/sounds/548411/

Production Notes

Tall And True Short Reads is produced using Audacity. 

Episodes are recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation.

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