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Fri. 12/04 - Krampus, the Unabomber, & Tickle Me Elmo


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Why the FBI thought the inventor of Tickle Me Elmo might have been the Unabomber. A new potential method for freeze-drying vaccines. And it’s Krampusnacht this weekend. Here’s everything you need to know about the sinister anti-Santa.

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Links:

Tickle Me Kaczynski: How the Inventor of the Ultimate Elmo Toy Became a Unabomber Suspect (MEL)
  • Study: How to freeze-dry a potential COVID-19 vaccine (University at Buffalo)
  • Christmas: A Candid History by Bruce David Forbes
  • The Battle for Christmas: A Social and Cultural History of Our Most Cherished Holiday by Stephen Nissenbaum
  • The Origin of Krampus, Europe's Evil Twist on Santa (Smithsonian Magazine)
  • What is Krampus? How the Christmas 'Devil' Became Cool (National Geographic)
  • Who is Krampus? Explaining Santa Claus's Scary Christmas Counterpart (National Geographic)
  • Krampus: the demonic Santa Claus you haven't heard about (Vox)
  • Weird Krampus drive-thru parade puts terrifying twist on Christmas and it's Saturday night (NOLA)
  • Necromanor Haunted House hosting pictures with Krampus for Christmas (Shreveport Times)
  • Krampusfest returns to Orlando's Milk District in December to give a little festive punishment to the naughty (Orlando Weekly)
  • Krampusnacht Celebrates Milwaukee's German Roots (Shepherd Express)
  • 3rd Annual San Francisco Krampus Pageant at El Rio in San Francisco (SF Station)
  • A Houston Area Brewery Released a Krampus Themed 12-Days of Christmas Beer Box (Texas Is Life)
  • The R-Rated "Naughty Cut" Of Krampus Will Bring The Christmas Horror Movie To 4K (Slash Film)
  • Kottke.Org
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter
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