Pull up that yule log and have a Christmas Cocktail with us! In this episode, we surprise each other with holiday stories including the origins of the ghosts in a Christmas Carol, The Children's Blizzard of 1888, Hans Trapp, and the Caganer. We hope you enjoy these holiday gifts from us here at Under the Pendulum.
Sources:
Caganer
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20181216-spains-beloved-scatological-christmas-custom
https://www.amicsdelcaganer.cat/?page_id=1838
Hans Trapp
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/hans-trapp/
https://frenchmoments.eu/hans-trapp/
Children's Blizzard
Laskin, David. The Children’s Blizzard. HarperCollins, 2009.
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