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The Danish title of Netflix’s new series Elves is Nisser, which caught my eye because I wondered if that was the same thing as a nisse. Was “nisser” the plural form of it? Nisse was one of the legends I examined in “Beyond Krampus: Four Other Creepy Christmas Traditions from AroundContinue Reading

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Yesterday I was doing some Christmas (and personal) shopping at Lakeside Collection, when one of their sidebar articles caught my eye: Unique Christmas Traditions from Around the World. Presents under the tree and milk and cookies for Santa — it’s what Americans do every year in anticipation of Christmas. AroundContinue Reading