Sources from Episode 188

  1. “Does ‘Triscuit’ Mean ‘Electric Biscuit’?,” Snopes, March 2020, https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/triscuits-electric-biscuits.

  2. The strange legend of the Swedish Yule goat, CBC Kids, https://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/the-strange-legend-of-the-swedish-yule-goat.

  3. One Town's Fight to Save Their 40-Foot Yule Goat, National Geographic, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/12/christmas-gavle-goat-yule-fire-protection-sweden-video-spd.

  4. The Fiery History of Scandinavia's Yule Goat, Mental Floss, https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/54262/fiery-history-scandinavias-yule-goat.

  5. 15 Unusual Christmas Rituals From Around The World, Business Insider, https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/culture/15-unusual-christmas-rituals-from-around-the-world/slidelist/27863380.cms.

  6. 10 Terrifying Christmas Customs & Legends From Around the World Will Give You Chills, History Collection, https://historycollection.com/ten-terrifying-christmas-customs-legends-around-world-will-give-chills/7.

  7. THE TERRIBLE TALE OF HANS TRAPP, THE CHRISTMAS SCARECROW, Ripley’s, https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/hans-trapp.

  8. A Plea to Resurrect the Christmas Tradition of Telling Ghost Stories, Smithsonian Magazine, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/plea-resurrect-christmas-tradition-telling-ghost-stories-180967553.

  9. The Real Reason Charles Dickens Wrote A Christmas Carol, Time, https://time.com/4597964/history-charles-dickens-christmas-carol.

  10. Why Do People Tell Ghost Stories on Christmas?, Smithsonian Magazine, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-do-ghost-stories-go-christmas-180961547.

  11. Christmas under the Puritans, History Today, https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/christmas-under-puritans.

  12. The Bramshill House Bride, or the Legend of the Mistletoe Bough, Burials and Beyond, https://burialsandbeyond.com/2019/12/21/the-bramshill-house-bride-or-the-legend-of-the-mistletoe-bough/amp/?__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR0ZPR-bQaVL79GyjTqjILoLQOinwA5B9e3oKNBe_YKucYVgMYf2aXCx_PU.

  13. The Bridal Chest of Bramshill, or, A Ghost Tale from the Cope Collection, University of Southampton Special Collections, https://specialcollectionsuniversityofsouthampton.wordpress.com/2018/10/31/the-bridal-chest-of-bramshill-or-a-ghost-tale-from-the-cope-collection.

  14. The Skeletal Welsh Horse You Must Beat in a Battle of Rhymes, Hyperallergic, https://hyperallergic.com/345156/the-welsh-undead-horse-of-christmas-you-must-beat-in-a-battle-of-rhymes.

  15. Thanksgiving Used to Look a Lot Like Halloween, Except More Racist, The Atlantic, https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/11/people-used-to-celebrate-thanksgiving-like-we-now-celebrate-halloween/383173.