Literally "Red Dwarf" Perhaps this tiny, mysterious and malevolent figure may have brought a whole city to it's knees.

If you thought Gryla and the Yule Lads were creepy last year, you should see their kitty cat.

     While Germany is where most of our Christmas traditions come from, it also has a LOT of Christmas lore that involves severe punishment for bad behavior throughout the year. Would you pass Belsnickels' test? 

Also known as "Father Frost" This Russian folktale starts up the Christmas season with a reminder to mind our manners.

Thank you so much for spending the last few years with the show. I am so honored and grateful that you choose to put aside to spend time with me. This week, as I take time to celebrate with my family. I very much hope that you do the same, but I also wanted to leave you with one of my favorite episode series'. I hope that we will have a wonderful week as we get ready to wind up the year with our series of Christmas episodes starting next week.

The Legendary steel driving man.

While many people have heard of this larger than life character, who invented the cattle drive and shot so accurately that he could shoot off a mans trigger finger, very few know the sad undertones of this American tall tale.