Recently Jeff was transformed into Jacob Marley’s ghost from Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol as part of a Creepy Christmas promotion. Makeup and video by bLUXE Salon in Medway, Massachusetts. Check out Jeff’s Creepy Christmas story tour dates here.
Jeff Belanger, local author and explorer of the unexplained, broke down the Christmas holiday into its (creepy) origins during his virtual event on December 3rd, hosted by the Bellingham Public Library. Belanger’s program started by taking us back thousands of years to when winter solstice (Dec. 20 to Dec. 23) was a time of fear for survival. Not knowing then what we know now, people would wonder if the sun would return, if they’d have enough food without farming, and if their shelter would hold up. Preparation for the winter solstices led to the creation of festivals like Saturnalia (Rome) and Yule (Scandinavia). These festivals became times of merriment, celebration, and unity—all in preparation for the unknowing that would follow the winter solstice… Click here to read the rest of the article by Ashley Kazijian at the Bellingham Bulletin.
It is absolutely fine — completely understandable, in fact — if someone does not feel all bright and bubbly just because it is the holiday season, says Jeff Belanger. Belanger, who lived his formative years in Sandy Hook, knows that some of the oldest traditions surrounding Christmas date back centuries. Many of those traditions have very dark starting points, he has learned in recent years. Thinking about stringing up some cranberries and popcorn to hang as garland on your tree? Most would reconsider after the root of that tradition is explained… Click here to read the rest of the article by Shannon Hicks at the Newtown Bee.
Jeff joins Aaron Sagers and Richard Estep for a paranormal pop culture panel about the haunted and creepy side of Christmas for Den of Geek. You can watch the full interview here:
Jeff joins Mike Hsu, Josh Dolan, and Isaiah of the Breaking the Ice Podcast for a discussion about the creepy side of Christmas. The ghosts and monsters that make this holiday special! #NSFW You can hear the entire interview here:
Aubrey Masango of Radio 702 in South Africa welcomes Jeff back to his Wednesday Weird and Wonderful program to discuss the Creepy side of Christmas: fun stories and holiday traditions as based on northern hemisphere European traditions. You can hear the full interview in the player below:
Tony Brueski interviewed me for his latest episode of the Real Ghost Stories Online podcast. Visit the show’s Web site here.
