Post Views: 2,881 Do any of you find it fascinating, as I do, that many of the christmas traditions we know and love often cross that thin veil that separates […]
Xmas
Post Views: 3,311 If Clement Clark Moore is primarily responsible for our literary description of Santa Claus with his poem T’was The Night Before Christmas. Thomas Nast is responsible for […]
Thomas Nast father of a Civil War Santa
Post Views: 5,264 Traditional Christmas characters here in the United States are typically friendly. Think of the many incarnations of St. Nicholas. Iceland on the other hand is home to […]
Yule Cat Jólakötturin
Post Views: 4,911 As far back as I can remember my mother had always helped us decorate for the xmas holiday by taping up brightly colored art prints known as […]
Die Cut Decorations for Christmas
1 Post Views: 5,882 As a child growing up in the 1980’s, I was never shielded from the rampant consumerism this decade is well known for. The xmas holidays always conjure the […]
Hills is where the toys were
Post Views: 5,649 Yule is the original Norse-Germanic Pagan festival that marks todays Winter Solstice before it was replaced by the christian version of ‘christmas”. The lyric from “Deck the […]
Yule Never Believe this..because you were taught
Post Views: 5,169 Belsnickle is not Santa Claus. The Pennsylvania Dutch, who were not Dutch at all, but ”Deutsche”, or German, are credited with bringing many of their country’s Christmas […]
Belsnickle or Pelz-nickle is not Santa Claus
Post Views: 7,536 Modern Santa Claus is known to be an amalgam of influences, not the least of which is the Germanic god Odin. It is important to realize that there […]
Mōdraniht – Mothers Night
1 Post Views: 4,940 Just to weigh in on this craziness floating around the internet. I think Santa is a nice fantasy for kids. Just like the easter bunny and the […]
Nikolaos Thaumaturge
Post Views: 4,691 Tis the season to be Jolly..you know the drill. The white Christmas is arguably one of the more ieadlized aspects of the holiday season. I know I […]
Dreaming of a White Christmas?
Post Views: 4,366 Jingle, jingle. This topic has been blogged to death, however, it’s new to me. If you have been a reader of my blog for a while you […]
Jingle Bells with Turkey
Post Views: 3,988 I was doing some cyber shopping the other day and stumbled across a figurine of a xmas character I had never heard of before. Now, I pride myself on […]