#GothicYuletide
4/7 The Feast of St Nicholas is on 12/6. The night before is #Krampus Night or #Krampusnacht, when he visits house to house. It is customary to offer him schnapps. redbubble.com/people/forgo... #greetingcards #folklore #mythology #Yule #horror #GothicYuletide #FolkloreSunday
Krampus on Rocking Horse Victorian era Christmas by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Krampus taking a naughty boy to hell in this Victorian era Christmas greeting. Not familiar with Krampus? He's pretty interesting. Please see my Holiday section for more.
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December 1, 2024 at 5:30 PM
#GothicYuletide #FolkloreSunday
"The Big Beast of Lochawe [Scotland]...had twelve legs and was to be heard in winter time breaking the ice. Some say it was like a horse, others, like a large eel."

Quote from J. G. Campbell's 'Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland' (1900)
December 1, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Beware out there tonight, #Krampus is abroad! #GothicAdvent #GothicYuletide #FolkloreThursday

🎨'Krampus in the Wild' by Andy Kehoe

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December 5, 2024 at 6:13 PM
December 2, 2024 at 12:13 AM
4/5 If you fail in this offering, expect to be beaten, to have livestock killed, or to be bitten. Their bite is poisonous.
🎨Jenny Nystrom www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1560... #FolkloreSunday #Christmas2024 #Yule #GothicYuletide #folklore #illustration #art
Tomte and Yule Goat - Jenny Nystrom by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Tomte and Yule Goat - Jenny Nystrom
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December 15, 2024 at 3:31 PM
2/2 Christian #folklore associates holly with Christ's crucifixion. The spikes for his crown, green for his life, red for his shed blood redbubble.com/shop/ap/1537... #FolkloreSunday #illustration #art #greetingcards #WinterSolstice #Yule #Christmas2024 #GothicYuletide
Christmas Duet - Margaret Tarrant by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Christmas Duet - Margaret Tarrant An elf and a robin sing in a holly tree
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December 1, 2024 at 8:03 PM
#FairytaleTuesday #GothicAdvent #GothicYuletide Perchten is an early December Austrian festival of masked parades to drive out the 'devils of winter' from villages

Percht mask from the Salzburg region, Austria, 18th century
Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Berlin
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December 3, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Anyone looking for new-to-them "Winter Stories – Ghost Stories, or more shame for us – round the Christmas fire" should check out Multo (Ghost), which has been sharing them free, weekly every December for several years. #ChristmasGhostStories #GothicAdvent #GothicYuletide #GhostStoriesForChristmas
Winter Tales 2024! The Bright Room of Cranmore
It’s Winter Tales time! As I have done every year for over a decade, I’ll be sharing winter-themed, Christmas-y ghost stories for all of December, up until Epiphany. This year, I hope t…
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December 5, 2024 at 3:19 AM
2/7 He appears as a horned demon with a very long tongue, carrying a bundle of birch called a ruten used to whip the children with. redbubble.com/people/forgo... #folklore #mythology #Christmas #Yule #FolkloreSunday #greetingcards #Krampusnacht #Krampus #GothicYuletide
Viennese Krampus by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Vienese Krampus from 1911 Not familiar with Krampus? He's pretty interesting. Please see my Holiday section for more.
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December 1, 2024 at 5:30 PM
#GothicYuletide Jules Taverner, "The Christmas Dream"
December 4, 2024 at 9:56 AM
1/2 Holly is associated with protection. During the #Christmas season, holly boughs were brought inside to protect against #fairies & evil spirits. redbubble.com/shop/ap/3431... #FolkloreSunday #illustration #art #greetingcards #wintersolstice #folklore #GothicYuletide
Christmas Rabbit Family Roasting Apples - Beatrix Potter by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Christmas Rabbit Family Roasting Apples - Beatrix Potter
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December 1, 2024 at 8:03 PM
This Haunted Mansion-inspired Christmas tree, which is part of the annual Disney Springs Christmas Tree Stroll at Walt Disney World, would be the perfect backdrop for telling a Christmas ghost story. #GothicYuletide
December 18, 2024 at 6:03 PM
December 8, 2024 at 3:05 AM
"Oct. 11.—Candles lit in the choir for the first time at evening prayers. It came as a shock: I find that I absolutely shrink from the dark season."

M.R. James, 'The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral' #BookwormSat 🕯️ #GothicAdvent #GothicYuletide
December 7, 2024 at 9:20 AM
My art store at redbubble for this artwork,
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I am very happy to oblige dear buyer and I hope this blanket keeps you warm on these chilly Winter nights! ❄️

👻 #MyArt #Ghosts #GothicYuletide #Gothic 👻
The Ghost of Miss Earnshaw by PhilipHarvey | Redbubble
On moonless nights with a candle at the window and if very still and patient, sometimes the ghost of Miss Catherine Earnshaw pays a solemn visit to wuthering heights.. The apparition slowly moves towa...
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December 23, 2024 at 1:09 PM
3/5 "The pale white moon is a wanderer,
snow gleams white on pine and fir,
snow gleams white on the roofs.
Only tomten is awake." www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1560... #FolkloreSunday #Christmas2024 #art #folklore #greetingcards #WinterSolstice #Yule #poetry #poem #GothicYuletide
Christmas Elf - Jenny Nystrom by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Christmas Elf - Jenny Nystrom
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December 15, 2024 at 4:31 PM
And now for our more dreadful sacrifice....
Gävlebocken - folk horror, but make it Swedish. A giant traditional yule goat made out of straw, sacrificed to the flames more often than not.
(no virginal policemen has been harmed during the burning of the goat.)

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Gävle goat - Wikipedia
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December 1, 2024 at 2:07 PM
A trio of ghostly children dance around a Christmas tree, Charles Jay Taylor, 1896. #GothicYuletide
December 16, 2024 at 7:33 AM
ENCOUNTERING FAIRIES Malevolent fairies enchant a peasant woman who is gathering nuts and berries in a wintery forest in this stunning painting by Yulia Litvinova #GothicYuletide via Coffin Boffin
December 6, 2024 at 3:43 AM