Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

What are the 12 Days of Christmas, and what do they mean?

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Boxing Day: History, traditions, and more…

11 months ago Leo S

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• Art and Photography
• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Merry Christmas! A short history of Creepy Victorian Christmas Cards

11 months ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Shamans, Goddesses and the pagan origins of Santa Claus

11 months ago Leo S

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• Random Christmas 2022

23# Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree 🎶

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Doe, a Deer, a Female Reindeer: the spirit of Winter Solstice and Mother Christmas

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• Random Christmas 2022

20# The true story behind “I’ll be Home for Christmas”

11 months ago Leo S

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• Random Christmas 2022

19# The true story behind Last Christmas

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• Random Christmas 2022

17# All I Want for Christmas Is…You?

12 months ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Io, Saturnalia!

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• Random Christmas 2022

14# The Twelve Days of Christmas

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• Random Christmas 2022

13# O Tannenbaum – here another song that has very little to do with Christmas!

12 months ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Legend of the Nisse and Tomte – Scandinavian domestic sprites and their modern counterparts that you don’t expect

12 months ago Leo S

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• Random Christmas 2022

11# The humble origins of Silent Night

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• Random Christmas 2022

9# The true story behind White Christmas

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• Random Christmas 2022

8# We Wish You a Merry Christmas…with no more figgy pudding

12 months ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Cold Moon: December’s Full Moon

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• Random Christmas 2022

7# Who’s responsible for the Little Drummer Boy?

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• Random Christmas 2022

4# Jingle Bells or…The One Horse Open Sleigh? 🎶

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• Random Christmas 2022

2# Sleigh rides…in July 🎶

12 months ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of December: holidays, folklore and traditions

12 months ago Leo S

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• Food

The long, controversy story of cheese on Apple Pie

1 year ago Leo S

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• People, mysteries and stories

Viking Sally, the story behind Baltic’s most ill-fated ship

1 year ago Leo S

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

The truth behind ghost lights of Colorado’s Silver Cliff Cemetery

1 year ago Leo S

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• Food
• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Soul Cake, the true Halloween treat of tradition for hungry ghosts

1 year ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Bobbing for Apples: History and how to keep this ancient Halloween tradition alive

1 year ago Leo S

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• People, mysteries and stories

The many mysteries (and the truth) of Kay’s Cross

1 year ago Leo S

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• History
• Myths and Legends

The spooky science of haunted mirrors and superstitious mirror mythology

1 year ago Leo S

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• History

Belle Isle has been an amusement park, a train station, and a mall…all of them haunted!

1 year ago Leo S

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• History

Bali: land of homes designed for harmony….and to keep demons at bay

1 year ago Leo S

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

The Girl in the Shadow Box of Bellefontaine Cemetery: an 1890s love affair

1 year ago Leo S

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• Myths and Legends

The Story of ‘Syrenka Warszawska’ – the Warsaw Mermaid

1 year ago Leo S

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• Myths and Legends

Will-o’-the-wisp – ghost lights at night

1 year ago Leo S

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Lilly Gray, “the victim of the beast 666”

1 year ago Leo S

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• Abandoned Places

Bird Creek School: If you write your name on the board in this abandoned school, it will disappear

1 year ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The season before winter is “Autumn” or “Fall”? :)

1 year ago Leo S

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• Travel

Eldon Hole, one of the Seven Wonders of the Peak

1 year ago Leo S

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• Travel

Knucker Hole, the home of an ancient Sussex Dragon

1 year ago Leo S

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• History

Meet the Sibyl of the Rhine…and her recipe for ‘Cookies of Joy’

1 year ago Leo S

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• Abandoned Places

Old Diplomat Hotel of Baguio: one of the most haunted places in the Philippines~

1 year ago Leo S

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• Myths and Legends

Hodag: the outlandish story of Wisconsin’s mythical beast

1 year ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions
• Weather

Does the moon affect weather? Lunar folklore, moon magic, weather lore and science

1 year ago Leo S