In this festive season finale, Lindsay and Nick hang their stockings by the chimney with care and try to catch Santa red-handed while they roast chestnuts over an open fire and read creepy Victorian era stories featuring ghosts and goblins, and discuss Alpine legends from Bavarian and Austrian folklore, including but not limited to Frau Perchta and Krampus, and we get a refresher on the spooky origins of the miracle of St. Nicholas. Then, our resident cartoonist and regular Draw This Thing contestant, Nick, closes out the show with a drawing of a hangry tomten, just in time for a long winter’s nap.
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Recipes Referenced:
Alton Brown’s Eggnog Recipe Food Network
Nick’s Grandmother’s Wassail Recipe
Wassail
From the kitchen of Shirley Geist
4 C. pineapple juice
1-1 ½ C. apricot nectar
1 C. orange juice
4 C. apple cider
Cheese cloth
2 sticks whole cinnamon
2 tsp. whole cloves
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
Bourbon (optional, but highly recommended)
Combine juices in a large sauce pan. Tie spices together in a cheese cloth bag and add to juice. Simmer 30 minutes. Remove spice bag, squeezing gently.
Add Bourbon to taste.
Serve hot.
Makes 2 ½ qt.
Web Sources:
“Great Ghost Stories” selected by Joseph Lewis French The Project Gutenberg
James Hyslop Psi-Encyclopedia – The Society for Psychical Research
J.M Barrie Undiscovered Scotland
“Chapter XXIII: The Ghost of Christmas Eve” from My Lady Nicotine by J. M. Barrie The Project Gutenberg
“The Goblin and the Huckster” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales. Second Series by H.C. Andersen and J.H. Stickney The Project Gutenberg
Meet Krampus, the Christmas Devil Who Punishes Naughty Children History
Who is Krampus? Explaining the horrific Christmas beast National Geographic
Krampus: The Terrifying Christmas Devil Who Punished Naughty Children Ancient Origins
Perchta Wikipedia
Frau Perchta, Terrifying Christmas Witch Boroughs of the Dead
The Myth of Frau Perchta The Storied Imaginarium
“A Ghost” by Guy De Maupassant The Project Gutenberg
“The Phantom Hag” from Twenty-Five Ghost Stories by W. Bob Holland The Project Gutenberg
Nick’s drawing of a hangry tomten Instagram
Saint Nicholas Providing Dowries The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Tomb of St. Nicholas Wikipedia
Three boys in a pickling tub Charlotte Riggle
Companions of St. Nicholas Wikipedia
The Terrible Tale Of Hans Trapp, The Christmas Scarecrow Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!
Christmas in Sweden – Jultomten Wikipedia
Christmas elf Wikipedia
Referenced Book:
Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men: The Origins and Evolution of Saint Nicholas, Spanning 50,000 Years by Phyllis Siefker
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