Here’s a list of all the events and publications that we can link you to in the coming weeks.

Events

December 11 at 7:00 PM

Fairy Tale Salon – This month, we’re hosting our second annual HOLIDAY SUMMIT! Bring all your concerns and joys about the holiday season, and we can talk through them together. Did you recently read a wonderful story that got you in the perfect mood for the season? Please share! Are you dreading a visit from your aunt and hoping for tips on getting through it? We’d love to help! Got a brand new Christmas ornament that you’re ridiculously excited about? Come show it off! Have a favorite (or least favorite) tradition? We want to hear all about it! This time of year can be full of joy, but it can bring up a lot of other emotions as well. Grab a cup of hot chocolate and talk about any/all of it with us.

If you’d like to participate, just make sure that you’re on the Salonnières tier or higher for the month of December!

December 16 at 7:00 PM

Book Club – When we realized that we’d actually never read A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens as a Carterhaugh group though, we knew what we had to do!

Join us on December 16th at 7PM ET to talk about this incredibly influential novella (that happens to feature one of the best opening lines in all of literature, in our humble opinions!) There’s a lot more to this story than you might think, especially if you’ve only seen film adaptations, and we can’t wait to share it with you!

If you would like to join us, make sure you’re on the $7+ tier on our Patreon for the month of December!

December 18 at 12:00 PM

Smithsonian Associates: Chilling Holiday Folklore – These days, the December holidays usually center on joyous magic, warm evenings curled up by the fire, and celebrations of the good in the world. Traditionally, however, the winter season also ushers in the terrors of the dark and the cold, teaching us to bar doors, whisper warnings, and, above all, to be “good for goodness’ sake.”

Folklorists Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman explore an array of chilling holiday folklore from around the world, beginning with the increasingly famous German Krampus who visits children who don’t make the “nice” list. Hear tales of the Icelandic Jólakötturinn, a gigantic cat that devours naughty children, and learn how to best the Welsh Mari Lwyd, a skeletal horse with a taste for song and poetry. Get to know the Eastern European Christmas witch Frau Perchta and trace the history of the sometimes mischievous, sometimes terrifying Yule Lads and their monstrous mother, Grýla.

Cleto and Warman share insights into the darker side of holiday lore, reintroducing you to a more complex vision of winter, one that’s easy to forget in an increasingly hectic and standardized season.

Click here to grab your tickets!
(Please note that this event was rescheduled from December 5th to December 18th!)

Publications

Sara’s poem “Needles and Pins,” about the adventure of Little Red Riding Hood as she navigates the American medical system, is up on The Orange & the Bee.