Happy Hanukkah! In 2020, it begins December 10th. And while it may not be part of Christmas proper, I think it is still within the spirit of the underlying theme of the Advent- to study the history of winter holiday. The Jewish festival of lights. For purposes of this blog post, I am going to […]
Continue readingThe more one digs into the history of Christmas, the more connections one will find to the Wild Hunt. I found in this Advent Calendar project that I can’t ignore it any more because an understanding of this ancient archetype is prerequisite to understanding other holiday themes and characters. So let’s dig in. In a […]
Continue readingWhile I had heard of kissing under the mistletoe, I hadn’t really ever seen any until I moved with my family to South Carolina. There it grows in abundance in the trees, and I learned how it is a parasite that leaches life out of some trees enough to kill them. My brothers would go […]
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