Darkest Christmas: December 1942 and a world at war

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She has two faces, a nice face that she shows to nice children, and a scary face she shows to bad ones.

Christmas Is a Way Darker Holiday Than You Realize 12 Ways Christmas Is a Way Darker Holiday Than You Realize

Grandmothers getting flattened by flying deer and Mommy having an affair with Old Saint Nick can make for some dark Christmas songs, but listeners generally know they were written in good humor. Consider the time-tested film Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which features a terrifying carnivorous snow monster as the primary antagonist. Not all of the movies on our list are dramas, The Ref is perhaps one of the most entertaining black comedies we've ever seen. For anyone weary of the cheap sentiment and tinselly glitz of so many Christmas offerings, and wanting a taste of deep midwinter mystery, these novels are the best place to start, and these new ways of sharing them are part of the magic. In the process he summons Krampus, the evil creature from Alpine folklore who punishes ill-behaved children and, here at least, those insufficiently filled with Christmas spirit.Perchta would let you be as long as you followed her rituals on Perchta’s night, such as eating a traditional meal and special cakes baked in her honour.

We need the darkest Christmas stories. These are dark times

Texas troubadour Keen warbled this dysfunctional drink-along on his Gringo Honeymoon album, and it’s become enough of a white-trash standard since that both right-leaning Montgomery Gentry and lefties Dixie Chicks have covered it. I finally get to the pub and my hot date is still there, Reet Petite by Jackie Wilson is playing on the juke box. Catalan families “feed” the log over the weeks before Christmas, before placing it in the fireplace and bashing it with a stick, commanding it to poop out presents and not to poop out a stinky herring.The French Catholic church likedthe song – until Cappeau decided to become a socialist and they found out Adams was Jewish. Well, apart from bringing a plate of cookies or some nice wool mittens with a friendly card to your lonely elderly neighbor. It’s the body of a seal, stuffed with the carcasses of around 400 auks (small, very cute birds), that has then been left out for 3 to 18 months.