christmas

playlist

evergreens, candy cane, ornament, and star

food

flavors

  • nutmeg

giftgiving

st. nicholas

If you are celebrating St. Nicholas in a way that doesn’t involve bringing back victims of cannibalism from the dead, expand your horizons.

practices

mari lwyd

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I have the necessary papercraft pattern to make a paper horse skull, which I think should be less alarming to our neighbors. Yet to actually do this properly even once.

lore

the birds at midnight

From “The Hymns and Carols of Christmas”:

Carol of the Birds

El Cant Dels Ocells

Traditional Catalonian Carol Translator Unknown

  1. Upon this holy night,
    When God’s great star appears,
    And floods the earth with brightness
    Birds’ voices rise in song
    And warbling all night long
    Express their glad heart’s lightness
    Birds’ voices rise in song
    And warbling all night long
    Express their glad heart’s lightness