The Christmas Wish Lantern (Christmas Sleep Story)
by Dan Jones
This bedtime story is the eighth in the '12-days of Christmas bedtime stories' series, related to 'eight maids milking'. This bedtime story for grown-ups is about a lantern floating through the sky hearing people's dreams and wishes. The lantern passes over eight maids milking and picks up on a wish from one of the maids who wish to be at home for Christmas. The lantern then passes over a group of boys playing. One of the boys thinks a wish of their parents being around over Christmas. The lantern passes over a forest, over a cottage in that forest. An elderly woman in the cottage wishes to have more company. The lantern passes over a shepherd wishing for the safety of their flock. Then on to a village, hearing the wish of a blacksmith. The lantern then continues to a sage who works through granting the wishes.
