Category Christmas

Cold as Dickens

An old, public domain painting of a horse-drawn carriage moving through snow-covered England

Dickensian London is iconic, but its plentiful snowdrifts bear little resemblance to the modern city. Is this artistic license? Or are Tiny Tim's environs evidence of a centuries-long frosty period that gave us Frankenstein, witchcraft, and America?

The Christmas Collection

In lieu of a new podcast, let's look back on the classics. A huge burning goat, Japan's holiday KFC rituals, the man who poops twelve feet from Jesus, and, of course, Santa Claus.

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