2023 Pisma od Deda Mraza (Slušalište)

Letters From Father Christmas

Release Date: 2023.12.24
Reader: Unknown
Language: BCMS (Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian)
Translators: Milica Simić
Organisation: Slušalište
ISBN: n/a
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes
Unabridged: No
Country: Serbia
Licenced: No
Formats: Digital

Slušalište (meaning “The Listening Room” or “Listening Place”) is a Croatian YouTube channel and audio platform (@slusaliste) dedicated to audiobooks and dramatic readings. This was released as a serialized audio experience, typically categorized under their “Playlists” section for easy seasonal listening.

The reading is accompanied by gentle background ambiance and occasionally the sound of crackling fires or soft winter wind, leaning into the “ASMR” qualities of modern independent audiobooks.

The reading is believed to be based on the translation by Milica Simić published by Čarobna knjiga (the primary Tolkien publisher in Serbia), which translates the name of the North Polar Bear as Severni Polarni Medved. There is another translation, by Vladimir D. Janković, used in the Čarobna knjiga Edition.

They have performed The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and Letters From Father Christmas. These are all currently (2025-04-25) available on YouTube.com.