
About this podcast
All things holly, jolly, and odd-ly. Strange history, Christmas media you’ve never seen/heard, and all things “fringe” about the holidays. I also run an annual flash fiction contest (with real cash prizes) for some of the strangest Christmas stories you’ve ever heard.
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- 2025 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction ConThology (ex-Contest/Anthology)by e_xander on December 26, 2025
Please check WeirdChristmas.com for the text of all the stories along with links to the authors’ bios, other works, and all the show notes. Please help […]
- Benito and Christkindlmarkt Travel PART TWOby e_xander on December 22, 2025
If you’re looking for any of the links mentioned in the show, they’re all at WeirdChristmas.com on the post for the first part of this conversation, which, […]
- Benito Cereno and Christkindlmarkt Travel (Christkindlemarkets in English for the searches)by e_xander on December 21, 2025
Craig talks with Benito Cereno about Benito’s tour of Christkindlmarkets (Or Christkindlmärkte to be accurate, but we’re also gonna call them […]
- Weird Christmas Baking with Linda Raedischby e_xander on December 14, 2025
Baking: Recipes & Stories from Tomb Offerings to Gingerbread Boys. Talk about disgusting food and wondrously delicious treats, along with some of the […]
- 2024 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest/Anthology Results Showby e_xander on January 7, 2025
2024 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest Winners: Weird Card Winner: “The Study of Owls and the Christmas Contronyms” by Daniel Roop Unreal Holiday […]
- 2023 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest Results Showby e_xander on December 31, 2023
Please see WeirdChristmas.com for text and info on all the stories and writers. Listen to this episode of the Weird Christmas podcast Author: Craig Kringle […]
- Nisser and Tomtar (Scandinavian Elves) with Benito Cerenoby e_xander on December 23, 2023
Craig talks with the ever knowledgeable and jolly Benito Cereno about Scandinavian elves, which you’re starting to see more and more places in decorations […]
- 2022 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest (5th Annual Results Show)by e_xander on December 31, 2022
The best show of the year: 19 stories of Christmas Weirdness from the annual Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest. Please visit WeirdChristmas.com to get […]
- Ancient Christmas with Earl Fontainelle of the SHWEPby e_xander on December 24, 2022
any textual evidence that would connect the origins of Christmas to ancient pagan sources, namely the Mithras cult and Emperor Constantine’s Sol Invictus […]
- Christmas Witches with Benito Cerenoby e_xander on November 15, 2021
La Befana, Perchta, Holda, and so many more! We chat with the always encyclopedia Benito Cereno about all the Christmas witch folklore in Christmas history. […]

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