Welcome to our post-Thanksgiving Lit for Christmas party!
In this episode, Marty and his friend, Madeline, celebrate an early Krampusnacht as they discuss Brom’s yuletide offering, Krampus the Yule Lord. It’s a knock-down, drag-out, to-the-death battle between Santa and Krampus!
BONUS POINTS: Take a shot anytime the word “yule” is said! Yule be drunk before you know it!
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT:
Yuletide Moon Cocktail (recipe adapted from adirondackwinery.com)
Ingredients:
Directions:
1. Place cherries in a tall glass, then muddle. Keep the cherries in the glass once muddled.
2. Add orange juice, maple syrup, Merlot (cranberry juice for virgin version), bourbon (non-alcoholic bourbon for virgin version), and mix.
3. Pour into an old fashion glass with handful of ice.
4. Stir then add lemon peel (optional), cinnamon, and nutmeg.
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT NONALCOHOLIC ALTERNATIVE:
Use ingredients and follow above directions, making the substitutions listed above.
YOUR HOSTS
Marty has a Master's in fiction writing, MFA in poetry writing, and teaches in the English Department at Northern Michigan University in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He served two terms at Poet Laureate of the Upper Peninsula, and has published the poetry collection The Mysteries of the Rosary from Mayapple Press. For more of Marty's thoughts and writing visit his blog Saint Marty saintmarty-marty.blogspot.com) or listen to his other podcast Confessions of Saint Marty, also on Anchor.fm. Marty is a writer, blogger, wine sipper, easy drunk, and poetry obsessor ho puts his Christmas tree up in mid-October and refuses to take it down until the snow starts melting.
Madeline has a BA in English Creative Writing and gin drinking. Currently, she is pursuing a Library Science graduate degree and avoiding the Lizard Man of Bloomington. In her spare time, she enjoys reading eco-lit, true crime, and Alice Hoffman books.
Music for this episode:
"Jingle Bells Jazzy Style" by Julius H, used courtesy of Pixabay.
"A Christmas Treat" by Magic-828, used courtesy of Pixabay.
Other music in the episode:
"We Wish You a Scary Christmas." Pipes, Douglas. Krampus Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Back Lot Music, 2015.
A Christmas Carol sound clips from:
The Campbell Theater 1939 radio production of A Christmas Carol, narrated by Orson Welles and starring Lionel Barrymore.
This month's Christmas lit:
Brom, Gerald. Krampus the Yule Lord. Harper Collins Publishers, New York: 2012.