#Yule

Folk Horror Magpie

folkhorrormagpi

Okay it’s time to get acquainted with the Yule Goat. Originating in pre-Christian Scandinavia and the Germanic pagan tradition, the last batch of wheat of the harvest was designated ‘Julbocken’,

Eleanor Parker

ClerkofOxford

'Sing we Yule til Candlemas!': a medieval carol for the Twelve Days of Christmas - and beyond http://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/sing-we-yule-til-candlemas.html Carols, plays, and 12 days of feasting: if you're celebra

Bane Of Abraham

BaneAbraham

Why is Santa Claus named so? Let's find out.If you translate Santa then it would appear to be Saint (albeit a feminine saint), but this is not so. Christians will

Mark Slutsky

totallyslutsky

Living as I do without a real fireplace, I've lately obsessed with fireplace videos on YouTube and the elaborate, mutating kitsch aesthetic that seems to have sprung forth from the

ChristMas Rose(ns)

CMRosens

So I am in the first live session of @CreswellCrags webinars - Ghosts of Midwinter with @IcySedgwick who is giving a talk in January with #RomancingtheGothic as well! I have

Granny Moon

GrannyMooninVA

Next few nights … Full Wolf Moon! If you consider that the winter season started for us in the Northern Hemisphere at the December solstice, the upcoming full moon is

Peter Gainsford

PeterGainsford

The first myth of Christmas my true love told to me ...The 'pagan' Christmas tree. The original context of the Tannenbaum was firmly Christian, in 1500s Germany. No one's ever

Dr David Boyce

DrDavidBoyce

Happy Winter Solstice people. 10.02 am marks the darkest point in the year. The point where the nights are longest and the days are shortest. Tonight as the Sun sets

+Bryan D. Ouellette

ExorcistBishop

(1) Saturnalia was celebrated from December 17-23 (ending two days before the 25th). Yule was celebrated from the Winter Solstice on December 20-22, marking the beginning of the winter festivals

Costumed Cop Hater

NatEdgecomb

Okay, I'll do a thread where I pick out my favorite things that I've finished for each month, or at least try to--there are some months I'm sure I've missed,

Joe Freeman

JosephFreeman

I got all intrigued today about Christmas in Iceland. Specifically, the fact that they have 13 Santas. One of whom steals sausages. @Scanditwitchen told me so it must be true

𝓙𝓸𝓱𝓷 𝓡𝓮𝓮𝓼𝓮 wego.social/ReeseJohn_ 🇺🇸🦅

TrumperWavin

BOOM THREAD Exposing the pagan tradition of Christmas, and how it DOES NOT connect to GOD!I have seen a good fren of mine @WeTheInevitable being attacked for speaking out

🎄tonty sopranty's gabba-yule🎄

alexeptable

HAPPY YULETIDE ALL AND WELCOME TO THE WEIRD CREATURES OF CHRISTMAS ADVENT TWEETS! 24 days of monsters and other general festive weirdos from winter traditions! Door no.1...Jólakötturinn! The giant

baelem

salemknightley

HERE IS A THREAD FOR YALL ON WHY YULE/CHRISTMAS REALLY ACTUALLY FINDS ITS ORIGINS IN THIS HALLUCINOGENIC MUSHROOM: the mushroom in the photo is called a fly argaric! The Sámi

Trapped by Television

LouLumenick

This Christmas Eve mega-thread looks at films that showed on New York City TV stations every Dec. 24 from 1947 to 1983. Most, if not all, of these films showed

Sacha Coward

sacha_coward

The cheery fellow with a belly like a bowl full of jelly has an ancient convoluted history. As well as the sound of bells one can associate his distant past

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