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A deeper layer of unpleasantness to this story is the fact that the butcher is often depicted as being Jewish, playing into antisemitic tropes. Such ideas have been around for literally centuries and are still going strong and can be seen in conspiracy theories on the internet today.
December 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
A deeper layer of unpleasantness to this story is the fact that the butcher is often depicted as being Jewish, playing into antisemitic tropes. Such ideas have been around for literally centuries and are still going strong and can be seen in conspiracy theories on the internet today.
In the story, an evil butcher kills three children, and puts them in a barrel of pickling salt, intending to chop them up and sell them. St. Nicholas, however, saves the children and resurrects them.
December 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
In the story, an evil butcher kills three children, and puts them in a barrel of pickling salt, intending to chop them up and sell them. St. Nicholas, however, saves the children and resurrects them.
In many artworks, (such as the image above from a Flemish ‘Book of Hours’ from the 1400s) St. Nicholas is shown with 3 young children in a barrel. This is reference to one of the more grim stories about “Jolly old St. Nick;” a story that was never-the-less very popular.
December 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
In many artworks, (such as the image above from a Flemish ‘Book of Hours’ from the 1400s) St. Nicholas is shown with 3 young children in a barrel. This is reference to one of the more grim stories about “Jolly old St. Nick;” a story that was never-the-less very popular.
Shortly after the 14 aviators from flight 19 were lost, a Mariner flying boat- and the 13 crew members- that went to search for the planes were also lost.
December 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Shortly after the 14 aviators from flight 19 were lost, a Mariner flying boat- and the 13 crew members- that went to search for the planes were also lost.
Parks later said about being asked to move: "I thought of #EmmettTill – a 14-year-old African American who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman in her family's grocery store, whose killers were tried and acquitted – and I just couldn't go back.”
December 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Parks later said about being asked to move: "I thought of #EmmettTill – a 14-year-old African American who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman in her family's grocery store, whose killers were tried and acquitted – and I just couldn't go back.”
The Articles were heavily influenced by the #HaudenosauneeConfederacy, also known as the #Iroquois. Their Confederacy has been in place since at least the year 1600, making it the oldest continuing #ParticipatoryDemocracy in North America, and one of the oldest in the world.
November 17, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The Articles were heavily influenced by the #HaudenosauneeConfederacy, also known as the #Iroquois. Their Confederacy has been in place since at least the year 1600, making it the oldest continuing #ParticipatoryDemocracy in North America, and one of the oldest in the world.
However, the sightings of the #cryptid suddenly ceased after the tragic collapse of the #SilverBridge and the death of 46 people on December 15, 1967. Some people reported seeing the #Mothman on the bridge right before the collapse, thus further connecting the creature to the incident.
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
However, the sightings of the #cryptid suddenly ceased after the tragic collapse of the #SilverBridge and the death of 46 people on December 15, 1967. Some people reported seeing the #Mothman on the bridge right before the collapse, thus further connecting the creature to the incident.
For a brief time (about 5 weeks) Sweyn "Forkbeard" Haraldsson was king of King of Denmark, Norway, and England. He died in February of 1014, and was succeeded by his son #Cnut. Cnut and his sons would rule England for 26 years.
November 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
For a brief time (about 5 weeks) Sweyn "Forkbeard" Haraldsson was king of King of Denmark, Norway, and England. He died in February of 1014, and was succeeded by his son #Cnut. Cnut and his sons would rule England for 26 years.
No. People are still trying to figure out "who done it" to this day.
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
No. People are still trying to figure out "who done it" to this day.