Holiday folk magic, protective charms, and old-world winter witchery you can still use today. While the world decks the halls, we’re lacing cookies with fixed sugar, slipping sachet powders into gift wrap, and turning ornaments into spell jars.

This bonus episode of The Feral Folklorist unwraps the older, darker magic baked into the season—from Yule fires and Saturnalian chaos to the Wild Hunt and the real reason we hang wreaths on doors. You’ll learn how to fix cookies, cards, and wrapping paper for magical effect, and how the protective roots of evergreens, ornaments, and even that watchful little “Elf on the Shelf” can be used as quiet working tools.

We’ll also look at why December is wide open for sweetening, warding, and low-key spells, when everyone’s distracted, sentimental, and surrounded by objects that have carried hidden power for centuries. This isn’t about ruining anyone’s holiday—it’s about working the season before it works you.

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