❄️ The Perfect Story for Sleep ❄️ The Ice Harvest - Winter Bedtime Story

Narrated by Thomas. Abel’s father prepares to go out one night for the annual ice harvest in a 19th-century New England town. Enjoy a perfect relaxing story for sleep.
00:00 Welcome to Get Sleepy
01:47 Relaxation before sleep
04:50 Winter bedtime story
54:30 Background calm music
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll pay a fascinating visit to 19th-century New England, USA. It’s the sparkling first evening of the winter ice harvest - a time before electric refrigeration - when ordinary farmers and labourers in the area gathered together to pull massive blocks of frozen water out of rivers and lakes. Get cozy and relax with a story. 😴
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧
Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️
Sound design: crackling fireplace 🔥
Includes mentions of: Food, Children, Nostalgia, Winter, Fire, History, Gratitude, Ice & Snow, US History, Americana, Work, Parents, Family.
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Get Sleepy is the #1 story-telling podcast designed to help you get a great night’s rest. By combining sleep meditation with a relaxing bedtime story for grown ups, each episode will guide you gently towards deeply relaxing sleep.

[@carlijnwiltjer1755]

I'm going through therapy for my PTSD and I have not been sleeping great, but these stories always help so much. So thank you Thomas and the rest of the team! You've all been helping me getting through the tough nights and I'm really grateful for you all❤❤

[@caroleminke6116]

❤😊

[@abi4841]

Keep going it’s going to get much better for you soon. All will be well

[@anettemcclellan8374]

I took care of my invalid mother for 7 years, day and night. In the last few years I got barely any sleep. I know the feeling of exhaustion and sleep depravity. GET SLEEPY helped me so much. I hope you will sleep better each night

[@wolfmare50]

💜🙏

[@Faythe98]

Me too. Stay strong ❤

[@anettemcclellan8374]

Thomas, you asked for new story ideas. I grew up on a ship traveling down the Rhein River, past historical beautiful towns nestled in valleys and castles on top of mountains. The sound of water gently rocking the ship, is one of my best childhood memories.

[@charlotterockel-kennedy8913]

I live 20 mins from the Rhine. It's certainly a beautiful river with such quaint little towns and the wine festivals are a true highlight ❤

[@anettemcclellan8374]

My family are Binnenschiffer

[@anettemcclellan8374]

​@charlotterockel-kennedy8913 my family are Binnenschiffer on the Rhein

[@charlotterockel-kennedy8913]

@@anettemcclellan8374 that must be such an interesting way to live and being as I never feel like I have a place to call home, I really can imagine a life like that. Thank you for sharing 😊

[@caroleminke6116]

Our Vermont farm had an icehouse on it for storing ice in sawdust

[@staceymurello4567]

Thomas is my celebrity crush 🥰

[@donnamcteer9011]

Amazingly soothing. Thank you Thomas zzzz

[@catcolb11]

Thank you Thomas! ❤ My family was among the original families who settled New England (off the Mayflower, and later ships). I enjoy hearing stories set in New England. ☃️ Good night everyone! 🌛 Sleep well. 🧸☃️🌠❄❄❄❄❄

[@soniamf7925]

*Thank you again, dear Thomas and team! Warmest regards from Brasil.* 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊

[@sara-qy8vc]

Thank you thomas

[@Trilogy1-1-1]

Ooooohh, being from New England, I'm going to enjoy this one for sure. Looking forward to bedtime tonight. Thank you Thomas and The Get Sleepy team. ✨😴❤

[@caroleminke6116]

I’m from Vermont

[@catcolb11]

Also in New England. ❄❄❄❄❄

[@heatherwaibel6361]

From Houston

[@debheesen2097]

So many wonderful things about this story! Story itself is like a Little House on the Prairie, but from a more masculine point of view, as a young boy growing up and learning about his family, community, economics and how the world is connected. But also with the comfort and love of home and family and his place in it. ❤ It also was a screenshot of a brief time in history with so many interesting details woven into the story❤ I am currently caring for an elderly cat who needs attention about every two or three hours so we fall asleep to get sleepy, wake up and take care of business and then find a place in the story and go back to sleep. It took me about four times to hear the whole story but thank you Thomas and team so much❤❤❤

[@angeltoestats]

Ive tried white noise and aural music but they dont work quite the way these stories do. Thanks so much ❤

[@ITS3DDIEWAFFLES]

Slay

[@TerryTheTetrach]

Goodnight everyone

[@abi4841]

Nunnight

[@Just_a_girl.who_loves_horses1]

Thomas thank you so much for making these story’s they help me so much and I listen to them each night and I have trouble going to sleep at night for school and ur story’s just help so much!

[@SleepytimeChronicles68]

I love your stories no lie I go to sleep listening to your stories and wake up to your stories keep up the great work 😴💤😴💤

[@dianer8091]

Many thanks to you Thomas and the entire Get Sleepy Team. I did in fact find the two stories on Portugal that you had suggested to me and have saved/downloaded them so I can find them easily. As do many of your followers, I listen each night and thankfully, have never heard the end of the story. ❤💜❤

[@annelieseberndt7975]

❤❤❤Thank you for all !!!! this wonderful work , you are the best Therapist ever!😊

[@theresabutcher4253]

Excellent story and narrative

[@AWorldUnveiled]

Thank you so much for these. They help me sleep as I have a little problem with sleeping, it’s not insomnia but it does get bad on some nights. Again, thank you so much, I can sleep and also get a nice story out of it. 😊

[@ashtonwinter1616]

So nice so peacefully restful for relaxing for sleeping thank you 🙏🏻 💕

[@valeriewatson5260]

Thank you so much Thomas You’re so very much appreciated ❤😊

[@user-zb5nw6xt5k]

Love

[@actgirl1234567]

❤

[@amitchaurasia4975]

Started by listening it a week ago Julius Caesar story , from then every night ❤ just perfect

[@amandaainsworth3777]

💤💤💤

[@suelilewis8416]

Yes they do help.

[@user-ur2he2fp5t]

Good night

[@maureenufkes2491]

I really like your videos. They’re very well done. My only request is that you make a short version (about an hour) of the videos for those who listen with headphones and don’t want their phone battery to die when they fall asleep! Make two versions, please!

[@abi4841]

THOMAS THOMAS THOMAS!!!

[@beeeeez9598]

May I know what mic you use?

[@thomaschamberlain978]

K ❤

[@user-ur2he2fp5t]

Wen is the story?

[@mayaj4846]

Can we get rid of the ads tho

[@TheKonga88]

I told 19 baby mice the story about the ventriloquist dummy who ran away from the circus and travelled to Fort Collins Colorado in 1843 🎄🤹🏻‍♀️🎪🧙🏻‍♂️🧎🏻‍♀️

[@ryannguyen6647]

1234...

[@user-hw2ix8dp7j]

Is this full of adverts?

[@kristaridge6191]

Thomas not Tom....please🙏

[@kandimegahan7844]

Boring. I guess this is why people get sleepy.

[@sharpcanines3347]

night night