Ho-ho-ho and a bottle of LSD spiked egg nog…welcome to another edition of 10 Interesting Things, featuring maurauding evil elves, rainbow coloured tinsel, yuletide kitsch and ephemera to tickle your fancy and hopefully make you chuckle (as if you haven’t been exposed to enough Christmas BS already)…perhaps you may blow chunks instead of chuckle…let me know your thoughts below!
A glorious gothic advent calendar
A happy yuletide and I hope you enjoy this pagan calendar. Via Twitter
Christmas at Grandma’s house: howling wind and crackling fire ambient
When the mice overpower the cats…you know it’s a wyrd Christmas!
Depiction of a weird and creepy Christmas party on a Victorian post card.
#WyrdWednesday #vintagestyle
Originally tweeted by Susmita (@SusmitaUkil) on March 3, 2021.
T’is the season for meows
Beautiful Christmas 🎄 art by Abi Stevens
Christmas is GO!
Via Thunderbirds Anniversary on Twitter
Serenading an Emu on Christmas in 1984, as you do!
Via Australian Kitsch on Twitter
Joe Pera talks in a relaxing way about finding a Christmas tree
Jólakötturinn is a terrifying gigantic Christmas cat of Icelandic folklore
She eats kids that don’t get new clothes for Christmas and is believed to be the pet of the giantess Grýla, mother of the Yule Lads.
Originally tweeted by Folklore, Food & Fairytales (@FairytalesFood) on December 2, 2020.
Ancient pagan yule word: waeshael
Wassailing is an ancient pagan tradition that comes from Anglo-Saxon and means ‘good health. At Yule, waeshaelers would sing together loudly to banish away bad spirits and herald a season of good health for everyone in the community. It’s where caroling comes from. Via Twitter
Alliterative’s amazing history of the word: Feast
I love this guy and his channel, it certainly has to be one of the most criminally underrated channels on YT, today he discusses a history of the word feast.
Twee mini Christmas jumpers made of clay
Seven kooky vigils of Christmas Night in Corsica
In Corsica, to be judged worthy to learn the secrets of the old healers & spell casters, some folk would rush from house to house to have 7 vigils before Midnight Mass; such knowledge could only be shared on Christmas night & only to those who had made the 7 vigils. Via the always fascinating blogger Bon Repos Gites.
Originally tweeted by Bon Repos Gites (@BonReposGites) on December 23, 2020.
I fed my hubby a roach for Christmas lunch!
Via Australian Kitsch on Twitter
Vegan Christmas dinner by Rachel Ama
This looks totally delish!
Kallikantzaros are Greek trouble-makers that saw through the world tree during Yule – if they succeed then the world collapses!
The Kallikantzaros are Greek, Serbian and Anatolian beings that work very hard underground sawing away at the world tree. If they succeed, then the earth will collapse! During the days of Christmas they come to the surface to torment humans. The world tree heals itself and they have to start all over again! It seems that they may be getting closer to achieving their goal. Via the always entertaining Signe Maene on Twitter and Wikipedia.
Soothe your soul and listen to Paul Barton serenade an Asian elephant with Christmas Carols
Ho ho ho giant godzilla is stumbling around drunk in Tokyo on Christmas Eve
The Adoration of the Magi’ by Gentile da Fabriano remixed by Svetlana Petrova
Baby Jesus wept to be upstaged by an overweight feline on the occasion of his birth. Via My Modern Met.
Merry Christmas and yuletide greetings to you and yours. I hope you have a restful and enjoyable break away from work and commitments, don’t do anything Santa’s elves wouldn ‘t do. I hope you enjoyed these, let me know if they tickled your fancy below…
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Another beautifully eclectic compilation!!! Merry Christmas!! 🙂
Oh and you did well to uncover that old tweet! 😉
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Thank you my friend 💚 I am so glad you loved it. I am wishing you a Merry Christmas too 😻 🎄
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Thank you!!! and yes, I did!! 🙂
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You had me at Giant Godzilla smoke breathing Santa hat wearing tree. 😛
Happy holidays! xo
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