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Christmas this year has been a muted one for me, mostly watching dogs and catching up on much-needed sleep, but I also watched a couple fun videos. The first one is from Extra History about the various weird Christmas creatures and the tales associated with them. The second is a brief history provided by the Victoria & Albert Museum about the wonderfully weird Victorian origins of the Christmas card. Hope you all are having a Happy Holidays and that the new year might be a be

Originally planned as a Something Interesting, these two folklore indices are pretty cool but also self-explanatory. If you find folk...