Christmas 2021: Five epic audio specials to listen

Ho Ho Ho – Christmas is almost here! It's the happiest, merriest and BUSIEST time of the year! While you run around buying presents, decorating your tree or cooking some finger-licking Christmas dishes for your family, keep the spirit of Christmas alive by tuning into these amazing, feel-good Christmas specials!

A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol is the classic story of Scrooge and Marley, who get into adventures with ghosts during Christmas. Credit: Special Arrangement

All I Want for Christmas: Dr Allison Hall is staring down the prospect of her first Christmas in a new town and her first without her son, spending the holiday with her ex. As the new doc on the block, she's on duty for the Christmas shift and glad of it. When one of her favourite patients lands back in the hospital, and it looks like this might be his last Christmas, she hopes she can help connect him to his estranged daughter. Credit: Special Arrangement

Home for Christmas: Mother-of-three Emelie is in a tough spot in life. Since the father of her children moved out, she has struggled to make ends meet. Budgets are tight, work is tedious, and she's reluctant to start dating again. She's not ready. When things seem at their darkest, she receives an unexpected letter - and the content will change her life forever. The feel-good novel Home for Christmas is their first book for the adult audience. Credit: Special Arrangement

The Christmas Pig: Jack loves his childhood toy Dur Pig. DP has always been there for him, through good and bad. Until one Christmas Eve, something terrible happens - DP is lost. But Christmas Eve is a night for miracles and lost causes, a night when all things can come to life. It is a heartwarming adventure about one child's love for his most treasured thing and how far he will go to find it. Credit: Special Arrangement

The First Christmas: In The First Christmas, Stephen Mitchell brings the Nativity story to vivid life as never before. A narrative that is only sketched out in two Gospels becomes fully realised here with nuanced characters and a setting that reflects the culture of the time. Credit: Special Arrangement