Lindsay and Madison discuss the stories behind popular Christmas tales, as well as why you should never trust your younger siblings, that God isn’t cool with cannibalism, and that mince meat pies have a dicey origin story.
Information pulled from the following sources:
- 2021 Farmers’ Almanac article by Amy Grisak
- 2020 Fodors Travel article by Jesse Tabit
- 2020 Insider article by Sophia Mitrokostas
- 2020 Ripley’s article by Chris Littlechild
- 2019 CTV News article by Christy Somos
- 2019 Discover Walks blog post by Eli
- 2019 The Guardian article by J Oliver Conroy
- 2018 Classic FM article by Elizabeth Davis
- 2018 Patheos blog post by Mat Auryn
- 2017 BBC article by Veronique Greenwood
- 2017 History Collection article by Natasha Sheldon
- 2016 Daily Star article by Tom Evans
- 2016 The Richest article by Melissa Kay
- 2013 Scary for Kids blog post
- Bartleby
- Storynory
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