Chapter 6 of this year's Christmas story, in which yet another committee is formed. The witch, who has made Hexwood magical, is leaving, which means the wood and all the animals in it will return to normal. Which the animals aren't altogether happy about.

Chapter 7 of the Christmas Story, in which a magical heist is committed. With the witch leaving Hexwood, the animals have decided that they need to try and ensure some of her magic remains, even if that requires theft.

The 9th of December in the Christmas story in which an outrageous plan is hatched. Threatened with turning back into normal creatures when the magic leaves Hexwood, the animals must come up with a plan to keep themselves enchanted. buff.ly/471TVJU

10th December and we meet Greta, a little girl who's worrying about which List she's on. Greta is a little girl who lives in Inkstone, the village next door to magical Hexwood, who is perhaps justifiably worried that she might not be on the 'Nice' list. buff.ly/471TVJU

Chapter 11 in the Christmas Story. in which the animals stage a kidnapping As part of their plan to keep magic in their wood, the animals need to talk to Father Christmas. Unfortunately, getting his attention is going to require kidnapping a human child. buff.ly/471TVJU

Halfway through this year's Christmas Story and the animals go carol singing Now that the animals have the human child Greta as their prisoner, they need to keep her entertained, which apparently requires something called a 'television'. buff.ly/471TVJU

Chapter 13 of the Christmas Story, in which the animals stage an incomprehensible play As part of their plan to catch the attention of Santa, the magical animals of Hexwood have kidnapped a little girl, who is harder work than they expected. buff.ly/471TVJU

December 14th and in today's chapter of the Christmas Story there is no Christmas spirit The effort to keep their human prisoner Greta entertained is starting to mean a lot of work for the magical animals of Hexwood. buff.ly/471TVJU

Chapter 15 of the Christmas Story, in which there is more kidnapping The human child Greta has now taken charge of the magical animals of Hexwood and all their plans are starting to go seriously awry. buff.ly/471TVJU

Chapter 16 of this year's Christmas story, in which there is Father Christmas. The animals of Hexwood had a plan: to attract the magic of Father Christmas by kidnapping a human child, but the best laid plans of mice are not turning out all that well. buff.ly/471TVJU

December 17th and in today's episode of the Christmas story, there is yet more kidnapping. The child Greta has a plan to ensure she gets presents from Father Christmas, a plan that's absolutely going to mean she's on the 'Naughty' list. buff.ly/471TVJU

Chapter 18 of this year's Christmas story. The magical animals of Hexwood kidnapped a little girl to help them trap Father Christmas, but now that little girl has found a witch's spell book and has taken charge, to disastrous effect. buff.ly/471TVJU

Chapter 19 of the Christmas story, in which Reynard and Buck risk everything The little girl Greta has now trapped Father Christmas and all of Christmas Eve is in danger, so Reynard the Fox and Buck Rabbit have set out to get help from the witch. buff.ly/471TVJU

Chapter 20 of the Christmas story, in which the witch is not much help Reynard the Fox and Buck Rabbit have risked turning back into normal animals in order to travel to the town of Stone Magna and get help from the witch. buff.ly/471TVJU

December 21st and in the Christmas story today, Reynard has another idea The witch has refused to help Reynard and Buck save Father Christmas and now they must go back to Hexwood on their own to confront the little girl Greta. buff.ly/471TVJU

Chapter 22 of the Christmas story and a desperate plan is being put into action Reynard the Fox and Buck Rabbit finally have a plan to save Father Christmas from the trap that the little girl Greta has set up for him.

It's the 23rd, which means the penultimate episode of this year's Christmas story, so I and my glamorous assistant went for a walk around Hexwood this morning buff.ly/471TVJU

Chapter 23 of the Christmas story, in which Father Christmas sorts everything out Greta's trick to get presents from Father Christmas has finally been foiled, but what will that mean for the animals' plan to stay magical? buff.ly/471TVJU

Christmas Eve! The last episode of this year's Christmas story, the perfect chance to catch up and listen to the whole story buff.ly/471TVJU

Charlotte Raven, 1969–2025 themetropolitan.uk/p/charlotte-ra… This is excellent!