The Weirdest Christmas Traditions & The Santa Killer

Update: 2022-12-19

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Happy Christmas ❤️

In this week's episode we run through some weird and wonderful Christmas traditions from all over the world, we discuss Bruce McArthur who was a department store Santa killer by day and a serial killer by night and finally how two big corporations manipulated us into some Christmas traditions.

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Links:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-irish-used-to-celebrate-the-day-after-christmas-by-killing-wrens-172713515/ https://www.claddaghdesign.com/history/irish-christmas-the-wren/

http://www.irishfestivals.net/saintstephensday.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-bdLemVMIA&ab_channel=IrelandsEyeonMyths

https://www.coca-colacompany.com/company/history/five-things-you-never-knew-about-santa-claus-and-coca-cola

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwwmKcFVji8&ab_channel=pressmin

https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/things-to-do/whats-the-deal-with-kfc-and-christmas-in-japan

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