We talk about all kinds of old European and pagan legends that circulate this time of year around solestice and Yule in addition to the standard Christmas stories.
Linda Raedisch‘s book The Old Magic of Christmas: Yuletide Traditions for the Darkest Days of the Year is a wonderful collection of stories, legends, and lore about the Christmas season that we don’t normally hear. Each chapter is organized around a different cluster of stories like elves, witches, reindeer, ghosts, etc.
Here’s a picture of a Cert (Czech Christmas devil) in action. He’s hard to tell apart from a Krampus, yeah:
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[I’ll post our conversation about a few other topics here, but I want to get the podcast up and running first.]
Please check out the Christmas Podcast Network for other wonderful Christmas podcasts. This week, I played a bit from Hallmark and Jess.
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I love your podcast! We listen to it in our homeschool and we learn a ton! Can you please tell me who sang “The Boar’s Head Carol” in your latest episode? I’ve searched the show notes and I deeply apologize if I’ve overlooked it. It’s is so beautifully sung! And—the Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories episode was flat-out fabulous! Thank you.
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Thank you so much! I apologize that I haven’t responded sooner. Here’s a link to the version of the Boar’s Head Carol I used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x9Zczwsvhw
The singers were Magpie Lane.
And I’m so glad you enjoy the podcast!
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