Episode 16: Hogfather and Other Christmas Stories

Terry Pratchett's Hogfather is a fun parody of several Christmas stories with a deep message. In this episode I talk to my friend and hog historian Marissa about all the Christmas stories covered in the book. We dig into what these stories, and the ways they are inverted in the Discworld, can tell us about our own world.

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Sources and further info:

Hogfather by Terry Pratchett

A Visit from St Nicolas by Clement Clarke Moore

Stuff.jpg episode about depictions of Santa with past guest Thomas O’Mahony 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld

https://www.ireland.com/en-us/magazine/built-heritage/newgrange/

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/things-to-do/solstice/Winter-Solstice-2025/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice