Made in 1652 of felted wool and on display at the National Museum of Folklore in Gothenburg, Sweden. NOT. (It’s AI.) The next oldest is this child’s garment from 1740 which is in possession of the New York State Historical Society. NOT.
Tag: Christmas
Worldbuilding Wednesday 12/25/24: Ghosts of Christmas Past
A blast from the past! Past years, that is, of random Christmas names for songs, scents, foods, and characters. Randomgen Christmas names from years past Species of Santa German Christmas Cookies Christmas Traditions Around the World Christmas Cocktails The Best of Twittersnips (Christmas) Christmas Songs Christmas Characters Christmas Scents Santa’s Elves Santa’s Bad Elves …
Passing Obsessions 12-23
This short story about a near-future NYC. Netflix’s Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife, about doctor and charlatan Paolo Macchiarini who implanted artificial tracheas in patients without adequate testing. Forgotten mascots of the Christmas season. See my list of fictional ones. Eigengrau and CEV. Hairless dogs.
Worldbuilding Wednesday 12/20/23: German Christmas Cookies
It’s not really Christmas unless you eat or bake some sort of traditional German cookie! Like Lebkuchen, better known to the English-speaking world as gingerbread. Pfeffernusses are also popular as well as Spritzgeback, those cookies you pipe through a cookie press to form decorative swirls. In the US they are called Spritzen or simply …
Worldbuilding Wednesday 12/13/23: Species of Santa
Santa Claus is a European invention, and the idea of Santa wearing a red suit with white trim, black boots, and a stocking cap, an American one. Courtesy of the Coca-Cola company which costumed him such to match the red in their company logo, which was for an ad campaign. But even so, the same …
Worldbuilding Wednesday 12/21/20: Christmas Cocktails
The Yuletide season brings with it some traditional alcoholic drinks. Grog, mulled wine, hot toddys, wassail, and eggnog are but a few. There’s also lesser known ones, like rumpopo, which is a Mexican liquor equivalent to eggnog. Of course there’s already drinks called The Naughty List and The Nice list, given the barkeeping world’s penchant …
Worldbuilding Wednesday 12/14/22: Christmas Traditions Around the World
Christmas can be a pretty bizarre holiday, being as it’s conglomeration of pagan, Catholic, and secular traditions. In the Catalan region of Spain, for example, there’s the traditional of the Caga Tio, or shitting log, that is stuffed with presents and hit like a pinata on Christmas Eve until it gives them up. Related …
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