Pickles are like a bonus to your meal. You don’t order them, but you’ll take them and, sometimes, enjoy them. That’s this episode! A BONUS episode brought to you by the Christmas Podcast Network, where you can find other holiday shows than just me. This time, Brian Earl from the Christmas Past Podcast and Tim…

WC #19 (Almost) Unwatchable Christmas Movies with Alonso Duralde Alonso Duralde’s book Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas is an excellent reference. It’s great for finding something different for your holiday movie watching. I especially love the chapter “The Worst Christmas (Movies) Ever: Lumps of Coal in Your Cinema Stocking.” So we chatted about some horrible…

I talk to author Linda Raedisch about all kinds of old European and pagan legends that circulate this time of year around solestice and Yule in addition to the standard Christmas stories. Linda Raedisch‘s book The Old Magic of Christmas: Yuletide Traditions for the Darkest Days of the Year is a wonderful collection of stories,…

Andy Williams says that there’ll be scary ghost stories along with tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago. I think most people guess he’s just talking about Dickens. But, no. It’s a thing. Or it was a thing. A HUGE thing. In this one, I talk to Dr. Tara Moore about why the…