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microrobert
12-24-2012, 07:58 PM
Creepy, Cruel, And Downright Frightening European Christmas Legends


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America is a Johnny Come Lately when it comes to cruel, wicked, frightening, and downright evil Christmas legends. Europeans have been at it for almost two millennium (http://www.buzzfeed.com/angelameiquan/the-creepiest-european-christmas-legends-70fn), and they have come up with more ways to frighten kids into behaving before the holidays than you could ever imagine.

But in Europe, (http://www.cracked.com/article_18941_5-creepy-christmas-traditions-from-around-world.html) parents, religious figures, village elders, and children’s authors have been frightening the heck out of kids since time immemorial with tales that would ruin a good night’s sleep for a seasoned veteran of horror movies.

Read more at Creepy, Cruel, And Downright Frightening European Christmas Legends (http://www.inquisitr.com/452469/creepycruel-and-downright-frightening-european-christmas-legends/#wkqPfCdUQldqE6J5.99)

Kazimiera
02-18-2013, 09:02 PM
---> moved to Ethnocultural discussion