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View Post: The Legend of the Yule Cat

The Legend of the Yule Cat

When we think of terrifying tales from Christmas folklore, Krampus might be the first thing that comes to mind. However, there is no shortage of creep ...

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View Post: Why Do We Have Christmas Gnomes?

Why Do We Have Christmas Gnomes?

From Santa’s helpers to ancient folklore, little stone figures to strange sightings of small creatures. We live pretty close to the Gnome Zone and d ...

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View Post: Saturnalia | The First Holiday Season

Saturnalia | The First Holiday Season

Every December, gifts are purchased, wreaths are carefully hung on front doors, and carols are sung. While all of this seems to scream “Christmas,†...

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View Post: The Saga of Glámr the Icelandic Draugr

The Saga of Glámr the Icelandic Draugr

Norse mythology is rich with epic battles, valiant heroes, and fearsome monsters. The holiday season is the perfect time to remember one of the most t ...

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View Post: 7 Spooky Gift Ideas This Christmas

7 Spooky Gift Ideas This Christmas

This Christmas, swap out the gingerbread houses for haunted houses and make it a holiday to remember. From a grim relic of a civilization long gone to ...

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View Post: The Brooklyn Ghost

The Brooklyn Ghost

At one point in America, newspapers from all over the nation published stories about people’s eerie experiences with ghosts. In the late 1800s and e ...

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View Post: Consoda: Dining With the Dead

Consoda: Dining With the Dead

Christmas takes on a distinctive and poignant character in the heart of Portugal, where cobbled streets wind through historic towns, and the scent of ...

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View Post: True Story Behind A Christmas Carol

True Story Behind A Christmas Carol

Everybody knows the tale of Ebenezer Scrouge. Tiny Tim, the Cratchit family, and the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. They have been wov ...

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View Post: Kallikantzaros

Kallikantzaros

As the twelve days of Christmas emerge, a malevolent force is known to strike terror into the hearts of those who dare to speak its name. Kallikantzar ...

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View Post: Sir Geoffrey and The Headless Hound

Sir Geoffrey and The Headless Hound

The thin veil that separates us from the realm of the dead is lifted at various times of the year. When the sun is low, the inclinations of the mind g ...

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View Post: The Origins of Christmas

The Origins of Christmas

Santa Claus, Polar Bears, Coca-Cola, Christmas wasn’t always this way. In a time before the advent of Capitalism, Christmas wasn’t just about gift ...

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View Post: Wartime During Christmas

Wartime During Christmas

A frostbitten calm falls upon the land. Peace comes to all via vast feasts and celebrations. Everything seems serenely perfect. But not too far off, e ...

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View Post: The Alcatraz Christmas Ghost

The Alcatraz Christmas Ghost

The most impenetrable federal prison of its time. Alcatraz has captivated the minds of ghost hunters, history buffs, and general tourists in the city ...

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View Post: The Headless Horseman of Roos Hall

The Headless Horseman of Roos Hall

It was known throughout the Norse, Gaelic, and Britton countries of Northern Europe that the time of the Winter Solstice, the holiday season of today, ...

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