Dear friends,
As the darkness begins to arrive earlier each day, and the scent of woodsmoke hovers in the air, we know it must be time… After a tumultuous year it has been a true joy to create a fourth series of the Calm Christmas podcast for you, and I hope it is a lantern in the darkest season.
In today’s short trailer I have a simple yet profound question for you to ponder in the week ahead, before Episode 1 ‘Hear the Bells’ is released on November 14. Once you have listened, feel free to share your response with me. I’d love to hear it.
You know, in many ways winter is wilder than autumn. The darkness sets in along with the cold and the wet. We want to make fire light candles, huddle up, gather to eat, count our blessings. Our ancient longing for connection, warmth, joy and magic is the song of winter. We hear it in the howling of the wind and the creaking of the trees in the traditional carols and jaunty pop songs, in the laughter that rings out as we don a Christmas hat, in the memories that we turn as we unbox the decorations and hang them once again on the tree. May this podcast help us tune into the nourishing parts, minimize the exhausting parts, acknowledge the darkness and seek out the light.
Season Four will carry us from now through to January 1, offering a weekly calling back towards slowness and calm. There will be seasonal stories and recipes, memories and journalling invitations, craft ideas, get ahead tips, wintery words and the sharing of traditions from listeners all around the world. Most of all, there will be companionship, as we, the Keepers of Christmas, settle in each week for a moment of pause and a little bit of festive magic.
I am also happy to offer you a special free gift of the updated Calm Christmas Planner, which includes everything you need to ready yourself for the holidays, along with my reflection and planning tools which have been downloaded tens of thousands of times over the past few years. It’s all available here in one beautiful package so please help yourself if you’d like one:
As the darkness begins to inhale the light, may our gathering be a lantern to guide us through the season and into the new year.
Beth Xx
PS I am honoured that thanks to you the Calm Christmas Podcast has become the UK’s #1 favourite festive podcast. You can listen as usual on Apple/Spotify etc but you can also find it on our new home calmchristmas.substack.com, where you can find all the archives, and in the coming weeks you’ll find wintery essays and extra festive goodies. It’s all free, and intended to help ease you through the winter. Please help yourself. Xx
PPS Starting next week I will be offering lovely festive giveaways on my Instagram @
each week, so be sure to follow over there if you don’t want to miss them.Listen to the podcast on Apple here | on Spotify here
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