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Weird Christmas Podcast

Craig Kringle
Weird Christmas Podcast
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  • 2024 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest/Anthology Results Show
    2024 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest Winners: Weird Card Winner: ā€œThe Study ofĀ OwlsĀ and the Christmas Contronymsā€ by Daniel Roop Unreal Holiday Celebration Winner: ā€œTheĀ MycelialĀ Muffinheads’ Annual Pilgrimage to the Cave of Forget-Me-Nothingsā€ by C.L. Sidell Stocking Stuffer Winner: ā€œAll Eves for the Yuleā€ by A.S. Hahrwort All the stories:Ā (in no special order other than appearance on the show): ā€œNativityā€Ā by John Nicol ā€œThe Sadly Beautiful Life Cycle of the Mrs. Clausā€Ā by Nicoletta Giuseffi ā€œRudolphaā€Ā by Nicholas De Marino ā€œCountdown to Christmasā€Ā by John Wolf ā€œKeepers of the Fruitcakeā€Ā by Carla Rudy ā€œLiturgy for the Feast Among the Gastrolithsā€Ā by Cardigan Broadmoor ā€œO Unholy Nightā€Ā by Matthew Reyes ā€œNorthern Romanceā€Ā by Reva Sherrard ā€œSt. O’Clauseā€Ā by Lancelot Schaubert ā€œAdventā€Ā by Ben Daggers ā€œThere Was Only Ever One Deliveryā€Ā by Brian B. Humby ā€œSanta Hooks Up a Sabbaticalā€Ā by Paul Lewthwaite ā€œCanaryā€Ā by Stephanie Kelly ā€œGrowing Season of the Giverā€Ā by J. Rohr ā€œLightsgivingā€Ā by Greg Clumpner ā€œNiklausā€Ā by Rosa Meronek ā€œThe Study of Owls and the Christmas Contranymsā€Ā by Daniel Roop ā€œThe Mythical Muffinheads’ Annual Pilgrimage to the Cave of Forget-Me-Nothingsā€Ā by C.L. Sidell ā€œAll Eves for the Yuleā€Ā by A.S. Hahrwort Please help support the contest, the podcast, and Weird Christmas website by donating/gifting any and all amountsĀ at Ko-Fi.com (click here). The money from the prizes is all from donations. And the more donations I get, the more I can give to the contestants. My long term goal is to make every story count as a professional sale by most writing organization’s standards. You can alsoĀ donate any amount through PayPalĀ by giving to [email protected]. AĀ bigĀ thank you to both volunteer readers this season:Ā Dustin PariĀ (@dustinpari, who is always so wonderfully generous and optimistic and inspiring), andĀ my friend JoelĀ who wants nothing more to do with this whole thing. Usual opening:Ā ā€œO Holy Nightā€Ā by Tiny Tim,Ā ā€œChristmas Doesn’t Lastā€Ā by Make Like Monkeys,Ā ā€œSanta Claus Boogieā€Ā by Hasil Adkins,Ā ā€œSpace Age Santaā€Ā by Ross Christman Special opening:Ā ā€œChristmas-Procrastination Bluesā€Ā byĀ Tom DeMasters. Bumper music (ripped straight from YouTube): byĀ MyuuĀ (for the dark piano) and aĀ hostĀ ofĀ wonderfulĀ theraminĀ artists. Contest results from previous years:Ā 2023,Ā 2022,Ā 2021,Ā 2020,Ā 2019,Ā 2018.
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  • 2023 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest Results Show
    Please see WeirdChristmas.com for text and info on all the stories and writers.
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  • Nisser and Tomtar (Scandinavian Elves) with Benito Cereno
    Craig talks with the ever knowledgeable and jolly Benito Cereno about Scandinavian elves, which you're starting to see more and more places in decorations and movies. All links mentioned on the show, along with info on Benito, can be found at WeirdChristmas.com at this link: https://weirdchristmas.com/2023/12/23/nisser-and-tomtar-scandinavian-elves-with-benito-cereno/ If you’re feeling generous,Ā you can leave a donation at Ko-Fi.com. It’s probably Christmas-time (ish) when you’re reading this, so remember the spirit of the season is giving. And I’m trying not to turn on the guilt machine, but I would like to pay my hosting fees. heh heh Or PLEASE LEAVE A WEIRD REVIEW ON APPLE PODCASTS OR YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST APP! Send me a note that you did ([email protected]), and I’ll send you a sticker! Ā 
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  • 2022 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest (5th Annual Results Show)
    The best show of the year: 19 stories of Christmas Weirdness from the annual Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest. Please visit WeirdChristmas.com to get information on the authors and to read the stories again. If you want to support the contest and help make more and bigger prizes for the writers next year, please visit Ko-Fi.com/weirdchristmas to donate any amount.
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  • Ancient Christmas with Earl Fontainelle of the SHWEP
    I talk to Earl Fontainelle of the SHWEP (Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast). We try to trace down any textual evidence that would connect the origins of Christmas to ancient pagan sources, namely the Mithras cult and Emperor Constantine’s Sol Invictus cult. Listen here, on your favorite podcast app, or at the Podbean site. Ā  The SHWEP Ā  The SHWEP Oddcast Ā  Music: Ā  "Scriaben Christmas Time is Here" by Kurt Knecht "Christmas is a Pagan Holiday" by Matt Potako Ā  If you’re feeling generous,Ā you can leave a donation at Ko-Fi.com. It’s probably Christmas-time (ish) when you’re reading this, so remember the spirit of the season is giving. And I’m trying not to turn on the guilt machine, but I would like to pay my hosting fees. heh heh Ā  Or PLEASE LEAVE A WEIRD REVIEW ON APPLE PODCASTS OR YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST APP! Send me a note that you did ([email protected]), and I’ll send you a sticker! Ā 
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