1 Post Views: 7,770 I like to explore the cultural connections between the holiday of Halloween and people that invented it. One of the more interesting legends I have run across […]
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Post Views: 8,704 Halloween always makes us think of the darkest, dankest, ritualistic parts of ourselves. Writers often use the holiday as inspiration for their works. King, Bradbury, Le Fanu […]
Pumpkin Head, Dark beings with Jack-O-Lantern heads
1 Post Views: 4,030 On December the 19th 1843 a novella written by Charles Dickens, arguably the most popular author of the Victorian era was published by Chapman & Hall. It […]
Dickens of a Holiday
2 Post Views: 4,349 Santa Claus has long been a cult idol of mine. I think we can all really agree that the image of Santa Claus, perhaps even his entire existence, has been […]
You Don’t Know Santa
Post Views: 3,994 The traditional carving of the Jack-o-lantern has its roots in a very dark tale from Irish lore about a man named Stingy Jack, who dared to drink […]
A Jack-o-lantern Tale of Two Vegetables
Post Views: 3,609 * To ward off evil on Sowain you should walk around your home three times clockwise and three times counterclockwise * To see a spider on Halloween […]