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Many people don’t realize that Christmas, not Halloween, used to be the creepiest time of the year! The older, scarier roots of the Yuletide season were all about keeping spirits high and surviving the winter. Join Jamie and Murphy as they have a lively discussion about the monsters, ghosts, and folk traditions of the yuletide season.

Resources used to create this episode...

• The Fright Before Christmas: Surviving Krampus and Other Yuletide Monsters by Jeff Belanger
• https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/history/art-collections/wassailing-ritual-and-revelry
• Jim Harold’s Campfire, episode 633: Krampus and Haunted Christmas Stories
• https://boroughsofthedead.com/frau-perchta/ 
• YouTube: La Befana Festival (Urbania) 2014

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• Botanica Obscura Conference: https://www.botanicaobscuraconference.com/
• Paganicon 2024: https://tcpaganpride.org/

Photo credit: Vintage Krampus card illustration

 

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