It’s that time of year again, when I get to remind you that the most famous ghost story of all time is a Christmas story. And that is for...

Yule is a 12 day historic pagan festival celebrated in conjunction with the Winter Solstice on December 21st in the Northern...

The Yule Lads, who each have their own quirky personality traits (a la the Seven Dwarfs) are the sons of Grýla. Grýla is a horrifying Icelandic monster that lives in the wild landscape of Iceland. She is known to hunt naughty children, cook them and eat them in her mountain cave. Though she wasn’t always a Christmas figure, she did evolve into one. In medieval sources, Grýla was described as a troll-like figure. She’s also been described with fox-like attributes, which meant