The mostly warm, fuzzy, cozy, sanitized Christmas is mainly a product of 19th and 20th century American influence. In earlier times, Christmas had a spooky side — one example of which is the Welsh tradition of the ghostly gray mare: the Mari Lwyd.
Jeff Belanger joins Christmas Past Podcast host Brian Earl to talk about The Fright Before Christmas and the Mari Lwyd. You can listen wherever you get your podcasts or on the link below: