040: International Christmas Folklore with Benito Cereno

Well there's Santa and Jack Frost and Krampus and Rudolph. Egg nog and stockings and tree lights and strudel. But do you recall Christmas werewolves, Christmas witches, the Catalonian pooping log, Ded Moroz, hallucinogenic reindeer pee, and the Icelandic Yule Lads? Benito Cereno does, and he's here to tell us all about them. All of them. Seriously, the man is an absolute encyclopedia of international Christmas folklore and traditions. If all you know about Christmas is Jesus and Santa, prepare to have your mind blown. We also talk a bit about Christmas ghost stories and left-of-center Christmas movie recommendations.

Find Benito:

Twitter:  @Benito_Cereno

Listen to Benito's podcast Apocrypals:  https://apocrypals.libsyn.com/website

Listen to Benito's other podcast Till The End:  https://ko-fi.com/friendstilltheend

Benito's new Letterboxd list of Christmas folk horror films: https://letterboxd.com/benitocereno/list/a-folk-horror-christmas/

Benito's latest appearance on the Weird Christmas podcast: https://weirdchristmas.com/2021/11/14/podcast-christmas-witches-with-benito-cereno/

-Check out Zach's music by going to:  https://muzach.bandcamp.com

-Read Dave's occasional blogging at:  www.dangeroushope.wordpress.com

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