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Welcome back to Something Strange! Today we continue our holiday season specials with the legend of the talking animals! Have you ever heard of the legend of how animals gain the power of speech on Christmas Eve? Listen on to learn more! 

Click here to listen to the music referenced in this episode:

• Orientis Partibus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn--eGxF8p4 
• The Friendly Beasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A2ypZcRD1w

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Animal abuse, murder, death. 

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References:

• Mental Floss Article: Talk is Sheep: Behind the Christmas Eve Myth that animals speak at Midnight: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/72843/how-talking-animals-became-christmas-legend

• Wikipedia article on: THe Night the Animals Talked: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_the_Animals_Talked

• The Krakow Post: https://www.krakowpost.com/18439/2017/12/polish-animals-talk-christmas

• Lancaster Farming News: https://www.lancasterfarming.com/country-life/family/how-familiar-are-you-with-these-christmas-legends/article_9f6e8062-173c-5b45-b069-c16c32992e9a.html