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It’s a Now It’s Ruined holiday special! 

Kate breaks the usual format to bring you three shorter Christmas-related ruins. She discusses a cannibalistic scarecrow, the murder-riddled true story behind Good King Wenceslas, and how the Vikings permanently deforested Iceland. 

Happy holidays!

Special thanks to Elisa Hanssen, aka Elisa in Iceland, for helping us pronounce Icelandic words! Follow her on Instagram and TikTok.

References

Hans Trapp

http://frenchmoments.eu/hans-trapp/#t-1702120300802

https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/25-days-of-christmas/hans-trapp-the-christmas-cannibal-scarecrow/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatinate_(region)

https://www.britannica.com/event/Italian-Wars

https://www.ripleys.com/stories/hans-trapp

King Wenceslas

https://genius.com/Christmas-songs-good-king-wenceslas-lyrics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslaus_I,_Duke_of_Bohemia

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wenceslas-I-prince-of-Bohemia

https://www.umnews.org/en/news/the-real-story-behind-good-king-wenceslas

https://www.britannica.com/event/East-West-Schism-1054

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Schism

https://magicbohemia.com/drahomira-and-the-gateway-to-hell/

Iceland, The Yule Lads, and the Vikings

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/before-the-yule-lads-evolved-into-icelandic-versions-santa-claus-they-terrorized-children-into-following-rules-180948162/

https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/elves-and-dwarves-0017783

https://adventures.is/blog/the-icelandic-yule-lads/?srsltid=AfmBOop5efv3ZPK06PA-xkZGzqpTLJWgJwkqF_fGGC5cThqPhaFSf2uV

https://restless-viking.com/2019/12/05/icelandic-yule-lads/

https://guidetoiceland.is/history-culture/history-of-iceland

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Viking-people

https://www.visitnorway.com/things-to-do/art-culture/vikings/

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/maritime-history/viking-ships

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278416524000369

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/little-known-role-slavery-viking-society-180975597/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Norse/comments/1i6m4cg/what_were_blood_brothers_in_norse_society/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harald-I-king-of-Norway

https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/apaa.12102

https://www.savingiceland.org/2017/08/icelands-troubled-environment/

https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/sciencebitesvolume2/chapter/5-6-soil-erosion-in-iceland-reclaiming-a-fragile-environment/

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