christmas
playlist
food
flavors
- It is unclear why peppermint and Christmas are associated, but that’s a thing. A very cute option:
- 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

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
- 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