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There have been personifications of Christmas for over 600 years, in song, art, plays. A symbol of merriment and good cheer and a sentiment that ‘Christmas was better in the old days’. An old man with a long white beard and red or green robes.

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Jólakötturinn, or Yule Cat: In Iceland, this giant black cat arrives on Christmas Eve and eats anyone who did not receive new clothes for Christmas, The Yule Cat may be connected to the troll cat conjured to aid evil magic makers.
(Image: IrenHorrors, DeviantArt).

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'The Wild Hunt' image occurs in folklore across Europe - wailing ghoslty souls in a hunt across winter skies, said to be led by a figure such as Odin (providing very tenuous claims of links with Santa Claus).

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If one heard a pitiful “meow”
Something evil would happen soon.
Everybody knew he hunted men
But didn’t care for mice.

🖼️ Mia H ()
📜 "The Yule Cat" by Johannes ur Kotlum

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3. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS YET TO COME. 3rd spirit to appear to Scrooge.
The Phantom gravely, silently, approached, shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible save one outstretched hand 🎨1843, Coppings

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The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper and Carson Ellis https://t.co/fzYFJe2umc via

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“My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood.I am 18 years old...I could have been born a werewolf,because the 2 middle fingers on both my hands are the same length,but I have had to be content with what I had”
― Shirley Jackson,#BOTD 1916,We Have Always Lived in the Castle

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Frenzy in the Churchyard
From the Witches in Ecstasy series

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E. T. A. Hoffmann´s The Nutcracker and the Mouse King illustrated by Gennady Spirin

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's wonderful illustrations for 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens

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LUSSINATA (Scandinavia): On 13th Dec., both St Lucia and Lussi are celebrated. Lucia is a Christian martyr. Whilst Lussi is a witch-like being who marks the arrival of trolls and evil spirits. To protect your household, you should stay up all night.

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An Oscar-Winning Animation of Charles Dickens’ Classic Tale, 'A Christmas Carol' (1971) https://t.co/cgFHAfCnBr via

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Tonight is the night of Lussi, a demonic creature of Norwegian folklore. She will ride across the sky with Åsgårdsreia, an entourage consisting of supernatural beings and the ghosts of sinners. They will punish everyone who is late with their Yule preparations.

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MISTLETOE: Of the druids, Pliny the Elder writes,
'Clad in a white robe the priest ascends the tree, and cuts the mistletoe with a golden sickle, which is received by others in a white cloth' ('Natural History', trans. Bostock and Riley, 16.95)

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In Flanders it was said not to go for wintry walks in the forest at night. Around that time the only beings wandering in the woods were werewolves and they would force you to carry them.

🎨Rovina Cai

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