67: Haunted Yule: Twelve Days

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In which Carla explores the Twelve Days of Christmas and why we send Christmas cards, and reads a Victorian horror story by F. Marion Crawford.
Christmas episodes:
32: What the Dickens
47: Victorian Christmas: The Goblin and the Paw
65: Happy Christmas Chaos
66: Deck the Hall with Horror
Sources and Suggested Reading:
“The Doll’s Ghost”, F. Marion Crawford, collected by Arthur Conan Doyle and Walter Scott in The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories Bookshop.org Amazon
Mirth without mischief. Comtaining [sic] The twelve days of Christmas; The play of the gaping-wide-mouthed-wadling-frog; Love and hatred; ... and Nimble Ned's alphabet and figures. Amazon Bookshop.org
J. C. Horsley at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Sir Henry Cole: https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a26473065/sir-henry-cole-prince-albert-great-exhibition-victoria/
F. Marion Crawford: https://www.oldstyletales.com/single-post/2017/05/16/F-Marion-Crawfords-6-Best-Horror-Stories-Not-Inlcuding-The-Upper-Berth
Epiphany: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Epiphany
12 Days of Christmas: https://www.vox.com/21796404/12-days-of-christmas-explained
Victorian Christmas Cookbook and Traditions by The Chiappa Sisters
A Merry, Very Victorian Christmas!: Trivia, Tales and Traditions from 19th Century America by Janet Emily Demarest
Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album
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