A Candle in Every Room: Christmas Eve in an English Manor (1888) | Cozy Sleep Story

Walk the halls of a great English country house on Christmas Eve, 1888, as the housekeeper lights one candle in every room. This is a long, slow, cozy Christmas sleep story: a gentle voice, a quiet pace and no sudden sounds, made for the late hours. The house is warm, the snow is falling on the park, and nothing is asked of you except to rest. Follow Mrs Pennell and a young housemaid through a single evening: the tall tree in the hall, the library and the drawing room, the conservatory, the still-room full of jam jars, the kitchens and the servants' hall, the linen cupboard smelling of lavender, the nursery, the stables, and one small forgotten room at the top of the east stair that is always lit last. Draw up a blanket and let the old house carry you off to sleep. WHAT YOU WILL HEAR • A long, calm Christmas sleep story told slowly, with a quiet ending • Everyday details of a Victorian country house at Christmas: candles, a decorated tree, servants' gifts on Christmas Eve, warm bottles in the beds, the kitchens and the still-room • No sudden sounds, no loud music ABOUT THIS STORY This is England in the eighteen eighties. The house, the family and the people in it are imagined, and the custom of a candle in every room is invented for this story, but many of the objects and customs are real. Some details are simplified. #christmasstory #sleepstory #boringstoryforsleep #victorianchristmas