How cozy Yuletide traditions got their start with raging parties and animal sacrifice
Yule began as a pagan mid-winter solstice festival featuring community feasting, drinking and animal sacrifices, later influencing modern Christmas customs.
The Severed Sun review folk-horror nightmare that harks back to The Crucible
Severed Sun is an atmospheric English folk-horror about religious hypocrisy and pagan vengeance, delivering chills through strong performances despite occasional derivative moments.
The fallacy of neopagan claims regarding Easter's origins is presented, emphasizing early Christians did not adopt the festival from an Anglo-Saxon goddess.