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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- 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. […]
- 2020 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest Results Showby Christmas Podmaster on December 23, 2020
Full text of all the winners are at WeirdChristmas.com along with bios, information, and links for all the authors. All fiction copyright 2020 by the authors. […]
- Philosophy, Christmas, and Does Santa Exist by Eric Linus Kaplan who wrote Big Bang Theory which I mentioned here totally for clicksby Christmas Podmaster on December 21, 2020
Sometimes when you have a podcast, you talk to people who interest you and you don’t worry so much about how it relates to the show or your topic or what […]
- The Ghost Story of Christmas 2020 “Between the Lights” by EF Bensonby Christmas Podmaster on December 15, 2020
This year’s ghost story is “Between the Lights” (1912) by E.F. Benson. It’s not technically a Victorian ghost story, and it’s more weird than […]
- Weird Christmas Food with Glen Warren of the Season’s Eatings Podcastby Christmas Podmaster on December 5, 2020
Time to destroy your appetite! I talk to Glen Warren from the Season’s Eatings Podcast about weird Christmas food throughout history. Links: Season’s […]
- Santa is NOT St Nick – Tom Jerman and Santa Claus Worldwideby Christmas Podmaster on November 26, 2020
As a Thanksgiving treat, enjoy a deep dive down the rabbit hole of Santa history with Tom Jerman, author of Santa Claus Worldwide: A History of St. Nicholas […]
