Christmas Archives - Bone and Sickle

A Christmas Ghost Story, VIII

December 24, 2025 boneandsickle Christmas, Christmas Ghost Story, EPISODE, ghost stories, ghosts, storytelling

The Christmas Eve ghost story is a fine old tradition associated with Victorian and Edwardian England, one that’s been making[…]

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Christmas is Carnival: Carols and Calendars

December 18, 2025 boneandsickle A Season of Madness, calendar, Carnival, Carol of the Bells, carols, Catholicism, Christmas, EPISODE, folk customs, history, holidays, Kalends, Krampus, Perchten, Slavs, Twelfth Night, Twelve Days of Christmas

Historically, the celebration of Christmas and Carnival could overlap, and there is some reason to believe that customs associated with[…]

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A Christmas Ghost Story VII

December 23, 2024 boneandsickle Christmas, EPISODE, ghost stories, ghosts, gothic literature, literature, storytelling, Victorian

The Victorian tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas has been celebrated by Bone and Sickle since 2018. This year[…]

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