Merry no-longer-quite Midwinter everyone!
On this Christmas Day, I wanted to share with you that some Greek and Slavic folklore states that children born on Christmas eve or day are destined to be vampires after death and sometimes already demonic during life.
In Poland and Germany the curse sometimes extends the whole 12 days of Christmas and leads to becoming a werewolf instead of a vampire. While in Italy you could grow up to be either a werewolf or a witch.
I have found two general explanations for these curses:
- These are the Darkest Days of the year and no matter how many flames we light in the dark, evil is strong in these times.
- Jesus takes his birthday very seriously and gets real pissed off whenever someone tries to make him share the spotlight.
In any case, blessings upon all newborns and to all of you as well. Don’t let the darkness get to you 🕯️