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Europe

Anti-Santas: St. Nick’s Cruel Christmas Companions

January 4, 2020 GVC 0

Children who scramble to grab the sweets rolling on the floor — forgetting their manners in the process — would soon feel the smarting of a switch coming hard across their backs.

Europe

Aged To Putrefaction: The Wine of Speyer

March 7, 2019 GVC 0

There was nary a corpse that was sent to the other side without valuables and provisions in the form of objects, food, and wine. The assemblage was meant to sustain them on their celestial journey.

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