Koala Moon: Santa’s New Hat 🎅🎩 — Kids Christmas Story | Rewind

Host/Narrator: Abbe Opher
Episode Date: December 4, 2025

Overview

In this festive episode, Koala Moon spins an imaginative, cozy Christmas tale titled “Santa’s New Hat,” focusing on Winnie the Warthog and Patrick the Peacock at their beloved Heavenly Hats shop in Sleepy Forest. As Christmas draws near, the duo find themselves caught up in the holiday bustle, encountering jolly townsfolk and a very special late-night visitor in need of a new hat. This gentle, heartfelt story is full of seasonal warmth, creativity, and the generous spirit of giving — perfect for bedtime snuggles.

Key Discussion Points & Story Highlights

1. Sleepy Forest in Christmas Spirit

• The episode opens with a description of Sleepy Forest blossoming into holiday cheer: mince pies in the café, sparkling lights, and decorated windows everywhere ([00:21]).
• The narrator hints at a “very special” visitor rumored to appear at Heavenly Hats.

2. Heavenly Hats’ Festive Window Display

• Winnie the Warthog, “excited about pretty much everything,” is bubbling with festive ideas for the store display, often wearing wild hats like cupcakes, bluebirds, or even a train ([04:03]).
• Patrick the Peacock brings Winnie’s wild ideas to life, resulting in a magical window scene:
  • Miniature train with hat-wearing carriages
  • Flamingo friend, newly “on holiday” from his train server job, strutting and donning different hats hanging on invisible threads in the shop window ([06:50]; [07:58]).
• The animated display draws crowds and sparks a hat-buying frenzy among all the animals.

3. Festive Hat Fittings for Feathered & Furry Friends

• Postal Robins:

  • As Christmas approaches, local robins (moonlighting as postal workers for holiday deliveries) visit for new “post box red” woolly hats and scarves ([09:14], [10:23]).
  • Patrick’s organization and Winnie’s creativity shine as they outfit every robin perfectly:

    “If you ever need anything to be organised, find yourself a peacock. They’re quite extraordinary animals, particularly when it comes to stock taking and managing. Absolute chaos.” — Storyteller ([11:20])

• Kookaburra Kindy’s Hat-Making Lesson:

  • Mrs. Bloomington, a fuzzy bumblebee, requests a hat-making class for the children ([11:37]).
  • Winnie eagerly sets up a creative session where kids make party hats and, later, inspired by a young puggle named Cuddle, Christmas tree hats ([12:21]; [15:03]).
  • Laughter abounds as hats become necklaces or perch precariously, and every child leaves with a unique, joyfully decorated hat.

4. The Magical Christmas Eve Visit

• Winnie and Patrick, exhausted from a busy day fitting all sorts of hats, are winding down when an extraordinary commotion outside signals a visitor ([18:25]-[19:51]).

  • “There was the sound of something sliding quickly through the snow…and the sound of tinkling bells…” — Storyteller ([19:06])

• The visitor: Santa Claus, jovial and rosy, enters the shop missing his iconic hat, lost in the sleigh’s wind ([21:31]; [21:49]).

  • “Only gone and lost my hat…That’s the trouble with travelling by sleigh. I often lose my hat in the wind. I usually wear a chinstrap but quite forgot this year. Quite forgot.” — Santa Claus (Nick) ([21:49], [22:00])

• The flamingo accidentally launches a bowler hat onto Santa’s head, drawing giggles:

  • “Not quite what I was after, old chap.” — Santa Claus ([23:37])

• After several (hilariously ill-fitting) attempts, Winnie and Patrick find Santa the perfect red-and-white hat:

  “Something a touch more, you know, traditional perhaps.” — Santa Claus ([23:47])

• Santa insists on paying, but Winnie and Patrick refuse:

  • “Goodness no.” — Patrick and Winnie together; "If that isn't the Christmas spirit, thank you kindly, and I hope you have a very merry Christmas.” — Santa Claus ([25:19], [26:40])

5. A Magical Thank-You

• After Santa departs, the friends are left in wonder. But upstairs, they discover three gift boxes on the window sill, each with their names, containing perfectly fitted, cozy slippers ([29:42]-[30:35]).

• Winnie spies Santa’s sleigh dashing off into the night and hears his final greeting:

  “Ho, ho, ho, Merry Christmas from a…” — Santa Claus ([31:22])

• The trio relaxes, try on their slippers, and soon drift into sleep, celebrating their magical and generous Christmas night.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Winnie’s Excitement:

  “Since she’s usually wearing some sort of elaborate headpiece. Perhaps a hat that looks exactly like a cupcake or a bluebird or even a small train. Whenever she’s excited, the thing on her head wobbles around as if it’s come to life.” ([04:03])

• Santa’s Entrance:

  “In walked a jolly faced man with bright red trousers and shining black boots and a bright red coat with fluffy white edges and four big brass buttons.” ([21:02])

• The Christmas Spirit:

  “If that isn’t the Christmas spirit, thank you kindly, and I hope you have a very merry Christmas.” — Santa Claus ([26:40])

• The Magic of Giving:

  “Each [box] was labelled with their names and inside each was a beautiful perfectly crafted, made to measure, fitting like a glove pair of soft snuggly slippers.” ([30:35])

• Bedtime Imagery:

  “And in his dreams, Patrick was in a sleigh flying through the sky, golden hooves of reindeers flashing before him…delivering presents and love and hope and goodness to every corner of the world.” ([34:04]; [34:56])

• A Final Blessing:

  “Merry Christmas, everyone.” ([35:28])

Important Timestamps

• [04:03]: Introduction of Winnie, Patrick, and Heavenly Hats’ Christmas preparations
• [06:50]: Window display with hat-wearing train and strutting flamingo
• [09:14]: Robins’ visit for new woolly hats
• [12:21]: Hat-making class for Kookaburra Kindy children
• [18:53]: Christmas Eve; the shop prepares to close
• [19:51]: Arrival of Santa’s sleigh
• [21:02]: Santa enters shop, reveals lost hat
• [23:07]: Flamingo mishap with bowler hat
• [24:31]: Santa tries on a too-small hat, reindeer laugh
• [25:19]: The search for the perfect Santa hat
• [26:40]: Santa’s thanks and Christmas wish
• [29:42]: Discovery of Santa’s thank-you gifts
• [31:22]: Santa’s final “Ho, ho, ho, Merry Christmas!”
• [33:43]: Patrick’s whispered Christmas wishes
• [34:56]: Patrick’s magical Christmas dreams
• [35:28]: The story closes with a loving “Merry Christmas, everyone.”

Tone & Style

The episode is delightfully gentle, with soothing narration, warmth, and lighthearted humor tailored for winding down at bedtime. Every moment is infused with childlike wonder, creativity, and community spirit.

Summary in a Nutshell

“Santa’s New Hat” delivers a magical blend of whimsy and kindness, celebrating the little joys of the holiday season and the importance of generosity. With playful mishaps (tiny hats, flying bowler hats, and giggling animals), gentle lessons in creativity and helpfulness, and a dash of Christmas magic from the jolly old elf himself, the story is a bedtime treat sure to leave listeners smiling and dreaming of snowy forests, cozy hats, and happy, giving hearts.

“Merry Christmas, everyone.” ([35:28])