NEW OLD HOLIDAY NEWS FEED (Dec 8, 2009)

Links provided by the lovely Ernski. Elf tells mall Santa that he’s carrying dynamite. “Santa notified mall security and Morrow police quickly arrested the 5 feet tall, 108 pound Caldwell.” Tall elf. Shorter man. Plus: Jews Gone Wild, Christmas Trees for a cool mil., annoying people saying annoying things, fruit cake, and more!!! All after [...]

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WHEN KRAMPUS RULED CHRISTMAS

Our friends in the Moorish Orthodox Church hipped us to a resurgence in Krampus appreciation over in Europe. Krampus, by the way, is Santa’s naughty counterpart, and according to one MOCer has a “predilection for sex with women and especially enjoys whipping their buttocks with a birch switch.” Dee-lish! A new article in Reason by [...]

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Looking Ahead to the season of Yule…

The 17th Century is pretty…um… contemporary for the New Old Traditions, but I assume that the figure of Saint Nicolas will emerge eventually, so I would like to call attentions to an upcoming event by the Culinary Historians of New York addressing the Dutch vision of St. Nicolas. Think of it as sort of a [...]

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