Ep. 64: A Christmas Cocktail - Milk of Human Kindness

Pull up that yule log and have a Christmas Cocktail with us! In this episode, we surprise each other with holiday stories including the origins of the ghosts in a Christmas Carol, The Children's Blizzard of 1888, Hans Trapp, and the Caganer. We hope you enjoy these holiday gifts from us here at Under the Pendulum.

 

Sources: 

Caganer

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20181216-spains-beloved-scatological-christmas-custom

https://www.amicsdelcaganer.cat/?page_id=1838

 

Hans Trapp

https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/hans-trapp/

https://frenchmoments.eu/hans-trapp/

 

Children's Blizzard

Laskin, David. The Children’s Blizzard. HarperCollins, 2009.