Happy Holidays!! As a special gift our hosts have recorded a bonus holiday episode just for you. Eight(ish) Christmas “Cryptids” and Four(ish) Cocktails, what more could you want. Sit back and enjoy our very first Cryptid Cocktail Hour!! Please note that our host are over 21. Drink responsibly.

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Baileys:

Tomten-

 "The Tomten" by Astrid Lindgren https://somethingswedish.wordpress.com/2012/12/26/swedish-santa-tomte/ https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/12/christmas-in-sweden-the-tomte-swedens-version-of-santa-claus-is-a-scary-gnome.html https://cloudberryliving.co.uk/blogs/blog/the-legend-of-tomte 

Snegurochka- 

https://russiapedia.rt.com/of-russian-origin/snegurochka/ https://www.thoughtco.com/snegurochka-1502312 

Frau Pertcha-https://boroughsofthedead.com/frau-perchta/ https://germangirlinamerica.com/what-is-frau-perchta-goddess-or-belly-slitter/ https://totallythebomb.com/the-history-of-krampuss-gal-pal-frau-perchta-the-belly-slitter

Krampus-

https://www.history.com/news/krampus-christmas-legend-origin

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/krampus-could-come-you-holiday-season-180957438/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71999/9-facts-about-krampus-st-nicks-demonic-companion

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2rICP2a73GoIkWX3bjcSKk?si=YgBWiwwaRZiyoP7NztpG-Q

Dani’s: (in no particular order)

https://www.scaryforkids.com/hans-trapp/

https://www.christmas.alsace/symbols-and-traditions/legendary-characters-of-an-alsatian-christmas/

https://www.visitpaamericana.com/holidays/what-or-who-is-belsnickel/

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-christmas-chronicles-2-what-is-the-belsnickel/

https://inktank.fi/how-joulupukki-the-finnish-santa-went-from-naughty-to-nice/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Christmas_folklore