‘A Child’s Christmas In Wales’ by Dylan Thomas. Second Tenor and Welsh actor, Richard Elfyn reads an excerpt from one of Dylan Thomas’ most popular works. Written and recorded by Dylan Thomas himself in 1952, ‘A Child’s Christmas In Wales’ is an autobiographical, anecdotal reminiscence of what Christmas was like for a young boy growing up in Swansea in the 1920’s. The excitement of Christmas, the snow, a fascination with cats(!) and the sort of characters Thomas was surrounded by (Mr. and Mrs. P