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> The very origins of "Christmas" are from people drinking the piss of reindeer who have consumed Amanita muscaria I never heard of christmas deriving from rei
by riffraff 4y ago
> The very origins of "Christmas" are from people drinking the piss of reindeer who have consumed Amanita muscaria
I never heard of christmas deriving from reindeer, it is commonly associated with winter solstice, but given the first record of the festivity is in Rome in 336CE it seems odd.
Maybe you mean the "association of reindeer with christmas", but that seems likely to have originated in the 19th century.
Do you have any source?
- culi 4y agothe Siberian shamans’ use of (red and white) fly agaric mushrooms to enter the spirit world is believed to be the source of the Father Christmas myth. And I mean... obviously. A red and white mushroom that can get you high as fuck with the help of some reindeer... https://www.livescience.com/42077-8-ways-mushrooms-explain-santa.html https://www.livescience.com/42077-8-ways-mushrooms-explain-s...
- riffraff 4y ago> the Siberian shamans’ use of (red and white) fly agaric mushrooms to enter the spirit world is believed to be the source of the Father Christmas myth. but the "Father Christmas" in english tradition was green. https://www.ssgreatbritain.org/why-is-our-father-christmas-green/ https://www.ssgreatbritain.org/why-is-our-father-christmas-g...