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 🕯️