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Christmas Archive
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DeFlip Side #166: Fessenden’s Gift
On Christmas Eve, 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first radio broadcast — and changed the world. -
DeFlip Side #155: Christmas Ghost Stories
Prepare for a haunting holiday, as we scare up a forgotten Victorian yuletide tradition. -
DeFlip Side #143: Remembering Mr. Christmas
You've never heard of Romeo Muller, but you owe many of your warmest, fuzziest Christmas memories to this unsung Rankin/Bass scribe. -
DeFlip Side #132: Elf Respect
Christmas elves spring from old European folktales about helpful but dangerous creatures with supernatural powers and a taste for child flesh. Oh, and they're undead, too. Who's the misfit now, Hermie? -
DeFlip Side #120: Joulupukki, the Yule Goat
Finland's Santa, Joulupukki, translates literally as Yule Goat—a terrifying man-goat creature that tormented children and demanded offerings. Let the jolly ritual sacrifices commence! -
DeFlip Side #108: Cracking the Nutcracker
Forget the sugarplum fairies. E.T.A. Hoffmann's original "Nutcracker" story features a bloodthirsty, seven-headed hell-mouse and runs rampant with psycho-sexual subtext. No wonder it's a family Christmas classic! -
DeFlip Side #96: Santa—Orc-Slaughtering Badass
We examine the fantastic takes J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis had on Father Christmas. Their interpretations had the jolly old elf engaged in some awesomely unjolly behavior. It's a Christmas massacre! -
DeFlip Side #87: A Circumlunar Christmas
Ring in the holidays by commemorating the 40th anniversary of Apollo 8, and the historic Christmas Eve flight that rocketed three wise men around the moon. -
DeFlip Side #75: We Three Kings From Orient Aren’t
Everything you think you know about the Magi is wrong, and the real story is about a million times more interesting. And what's with that crazy wandering star? -
DeFlip Side #64: The Pasts of Christmas Ghosts
From Dionysus to Death, Charles Dickens drew from a weird admixture of pagan myths to create the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Yet to Come.