A Child’s Christmas in Wales (MP3 19:42)
Click link above and listen as Dylan Thomas reads his delightful Christmas story….
A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas (1914-1953). Read it on line here and listen (above) to the author read the story.
One Christmas was so much like another, in those years around the sea-town corner now and out of all sound except the distant speaking of the voices I sometimes hear a moment before sleep, that I can never remember whether it snowed for six days and six nights when I was twelve or whether it snowed for twelve days and twelve nights when I was six….
Tags: childs christmas, christmas story, dylan thomas, dylan thomas christmas, wales
December 7, 2009 at 1:39 am |
Thank you for posting the recording of Dylan Thomas reading this marvelous story.
December 7, 2009 at 5:50 am |
Thanks Gwendolyn; It is my pleasure to post this every December.
December 19, 2009 at 6:41 pm |
Yes, thank you. the youtube version claims to have the version in which Dylan Thomas is reading the work, but it’s not him.
December 19, 2009 at 9:08 pm |
Yes, this is the real deal; recorded from a vinyl LP. Happy that you enjoyed it!
December 19, 2009 at 9:29 pm |
I think I have that same LP only I don’t have a record player any more but I refuse to discard any of my collection. I’m sure I will again have a record player.
December 19, 2009 at 10:11 pm |
Yes, do get a record player; there is so much material out there that is not otherwise available. There are turntables out there that connect directly to your computer and create MP3 files from you LP’s.
December 25, 2009 at 8:23 pm |
Listening to Dylan Thomas read this story was the perfect ending to my Christmas Day, Dec 25, 2009. Thank you.
December 25, 2009 at 8:30 pm |
I am so pleased that you enjoyed the recording! Merry Christmas!
October 15, 2010 at 4:04 pm |
Many years ago CBC aired a version of this poem, spoken by Dylan, and consisting of black and while photos of Welsh scenes.
I have been searching for years to fond a copy of this, but no luck.
Are you, by any chance, familiar with this version?
Thank you
Ralf Gmell
October 15, 2010 at 4:14 pm |
I am not sure I’ve seen that version but I will look into it. Is it on LP, CD or what? The version I presented here is on a LP Vinyl record. Thanks for your comment.
January 6, 2011 at 6:52 pm |
Needed this – and only from the source! Every year I take out our family’s well worn edition, New Directions Book with woodcuts by Ellen Raskin, and really wanted to follow it only with Dylan Thomas’ voice – many thanks!
ps Earlier today CBC Radio 1 repeated a 1959 interview with the poet’s mother: My Son Dylan (on Rewind, Michael Enright)
January 6, 2011 at 7:00 pm |
I am pleased that you found this; I listen to the recording with great pleasure every Christmas season.