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Allusionist 127. A Festive Hit for 2020

December 14, 2020 The Allusionist
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The usual canon of Christmas songs may not really fit people's moods in this year 2020, when I'm not sure a lot of us are feeling all that holly jolly. So I drafted in singer and songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs and we wrote a festive song that is suitable for 2020.

Content note: there are swears. Several of them.

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In episodes Tags words, language, linguistics, education, comedy, entertainment, society & culture, arts, literature, etymology, lexicon, vocabulary, Jenny Owen Youngs, music, songs, songwriting, writing, writers, lyrics, corpus linguistics, holly, jolly, Christmas, Xmas, Christ’s thorn, festive, holidays, yule, Winterval, meat, sweats, mistletoe, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, Holly Jolly Christmas, Zoom, yarak

Allusionist 26: Xmas Man

December 2, 2015 The Allusionist

Historian Greg Jenner traces the origins of that mythical beardy man who turns up in December with gifts. And I ensure my permanent removal from everybody's Christmas card lists.

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In episodes Tags language, words, etymology, history, Christmas, Xmas, Greg Jenner, Oxford Games, Passion House Coffee Roasters, festive, festivities, Victorians, 19th century, children, romance, messages, code, non-verbal communication, Christmas cards, cards, post, postal reform, Roland Hill, penny post, stamps, postage, winter, St Nicholas, saints, Christianity, paganism, pagans, myth, mythological figures, Dutch, French, Pere Noel, Norse, Odin, Captain Christmas, Jesus, Christ, metaphor, clue, clew, Greek, mythology, myths, Valentine's cards, Valentine, heaven, yule, geol, morality, capitalism, tradition, Britain, England, Santa Claus, Father Christmas, flowers, floriography, Old English, soldiers, British Empire, Kris Kringle, presents, gifts, Frost King, Winter King
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