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07 Jan, 00:44

The three Biblical magi Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior as depicted by Herrad of Landsberg (France, 1185) and reproduced by Christian Maurice Engelhardt (1818).
The true identities of the Biblical Magi, whose visit to baby Jesus is celebrated on Epiphany, is not known. Their traditional names originate from a lost 6th century Greek manuscript - other Christian groups call them different names, such as Syrians, who call them Larvandad, Gushnasaph, and Hormisdas. A Chinese tradition holds that one of them was from China.
The historicity of the story is debated. It seems possible that the story was more one laced with symbolism, foreshadowing, and allegory than one based on reality. For example, myrrh was frequently used in burial practices at the time - a hint of the fate of the baby they were visiting.
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24 Dec, 23:20

A 'Mari Lwyd' (Thomas Evans, Llangynwyd, Wales, 1904-10).
This strange Welsh custom involves a horse skull being held on a stick, with a sheet hanging down, to create a sort of hobby-horse. A person stands inside. The horse then goes wassailing (an old form of carol singing). The person visited traditionally refuses the horse entry, before giving in and letting it and its companions inside to have food.
The origins, and even the meaning of the name, remain a mystery.
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24 Dec, 23:20

http://www.folk.wales/the-mari-lwyd.html
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22 Dec, 00:32

Zuni people (a north American Pueblo group) mark the solstice with a sacred dance called the Shalako, which involves people dressed as towering figures. (Image: Ma-Pe-Wi, c.1920
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22 Dec, 00:30

It is the night of the Winter Solstice. This night has much significance in European folklore as a time of ritual, fear, and hope.
The Wild Hunt, a ghostly procession of men and beasts led by Odin, prefer this time most of all. Any unwary traveller caught in its path will meet their doom, although in some tellings Odin is only out to capture some maidens or elves.
This time is also associated with an increase in draugr activity, so be careful.
Partial source
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05 Dec, 23:12

Image sources:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/orpost/albums/72157632138608676/with/5515922971/
(The uploader talks more about his uncle meeting Krampus there.)

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/greetings-from-krampus/
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05 Dec, 23:10

Krampus has not been popular; Krampus traditions were repressed by the church and by Austrian fascism because of their pagan roots. In the 1950s, it was speculated that he may harm the mental health of children, and pamphlets were distributed warning parents about him. Nonetheless, Krampus perseveres.
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05 Dec, 23:08

Krampusnacht in Mitterndorf, Austria (1949).
Krampus is an old alpine folk creature that seems to have arisen out of various pagan traditions, and been mixed with the Christian devil. He comes out just before the Feast of St. Nicholas and swats naughty children with his birch branches. And later, on Christmas Eve, he return, puts them in his basket, and vanishes...
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10 Nov, 00:22

This was the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Wall. Many German adults have now only known Germany united, something that once was thought a pipedream.

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-commemorates-35-years-since-fall-of-berlin-wall/a-70743233
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10 Nov, 00:20

November 9 is known informally as Schicksalstag (Day of Fate) in Germany. Oddly, a number of highly significant events in German history have happened on this day.
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10 Nov, 00:20

The notable ones include -
-The execution of Robert Blum in 1848, marking the beginning of the end of the 1848-49 German Revolutions.
-Proclamation of the end of the monarchy, 1918.
-The attempted Beer Hall Putsch of the Nazis, 1923, the failure of which would lead Hitler to aim for a democratic victory.
-The antisemetic pogrom Kristallnacht, 1938, that many see as the start of the Holocaust.
-The fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989.
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02 Oct, 00:20

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/01/compare-jimmy-carter-100-presidents/
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02 Oct, 00:20

Turning 100 today, Jimmy Carter is the first American President to ever do so. He became the oldest ever former President in 2019. When he was born, Calvin Coolidge was President.
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09 Jun, 00:21

https://www.cnn.com/travel/mallory-disappeared-everest-summit-mystery/index.html
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09 Jun, 00:21

On June 8th, 1924, George Mallory and Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine disappeared climbing Mount Everest. The question of whether they reached the summit has never been answered.
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09 Jun, 00:18

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/26/what-the-last-veterans-can-teach-us-all-as-d-day-fades-from-memory
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09 Jun, 00:18

Thank you for following the D-Day live posts. I did realise that (despite some confusion amongst publications) D-Day time is normally written as GMT+2. My mistake!
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07 Jun, 00:01

Midnight: D-Day has clearly been a success. The Germans, unprepared and confused, have failed to effectively prevent the beaches being taken. Despite this, most objectives have not been taken, and the failure to take places like Caen will haunt the Allies as German reinforcements begin to arrive.
But with the opening of a second front, it is the beginning of the end for the Reich.
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06 Jun, 23:01

23:00: Hitler holds the second situation conference today. In part thanks to deceptive intelligence planted by the agent "Garbo" (Juan Pujol), who himself is currently furiously trying to continue the deception, Hitler still believes this is a diversion and that the real landings will take place further north.
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06 Jun, 20:31

20:30: The army camps, like the one pictured in Blandford, Dorset, have been eerily quiet since the troops left. However, casualties are now filtering back across southern England. In Basingstoke, Hampshire, a single soldier arrives still with wet sand on him.
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06 Jun, 20:02

20:00: Rommel has finally arrived at his HQ in Chateau La Roche-Guyon. He has driven non-stop.
His aide, Captain Lang, runs inside and is shocked to hear a Wagner opera playing from General Speidel's office. "General Speidel," he asks, " the invasion has begun and you're able to listen to Wagner?"
"My dear Lang, do you honestly believe that my listening to Wagner will make any difference whatsoever to the course of the invasion?" replied Speidel.
As the three begin discussions, there is a feeling of depression.
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06 Jun, 20:02

20:00: Members of the Essex Yeomanry are tending to the wounded in a bunker above Gold beach. They have found a note to a German soldier - "Hans chéri" - from a French woman saying she'll meet him at 8pm. They wonder if she still will.
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06 Jun, 18:02

18:00: The 192nd Panzergrenadier Regiment reach the beach at Lion-sur-Mer. Weak and without air support, they are unable to continue the pincer movement, and are forced to retreat.
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06 Jun, 17:21

17:21: Omaha beach is now able to receive wheeled and tracked traffic, meaning supply vehicles and tanks can land. The Allied position is still precarious, but the ability of the Germans to destroy the beachheads is rapidly dwindling, even as reinforcements arrive.
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06 Jun, 17:01

17:00: Sword beach has been an especial failure by the Germans, as many prisoners are now being marched off to captivity. However, the 21st Panzer Division is about to launch the only major counter-attack of D-Day.
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06 Jun, 16:31

16:30: British soldiers (alongside Dutch and Polish) are pushing from Gold beach along the road to Bayeux, capturing Reyes and approaching Arromanches.
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06 Jun, 15:15

15:15: after heavy bombing, Caen is now on fire. Civilians were warned of incoming bombers by leaflets dropped, but many did not evacuate.
An anonymous man pens a note that will be found on his body the following month:
"I feel that I am dying. It is terrible to know that I’m going to die because I have been expecting the liberation for so long. But I know that, because of my death, other people will be liberated. Long live France, long live the Allies."
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06 Jun, 14:15

14:25: General von Oppeln-Bronikowski meets General Marcks after making it through Caen with his 22nd Panzer Regiment.
"Oppeln," Marcks informs him, "if you don’t succeed in throwing the British into the sea we shall have lost the war."
Oppeln complies, but is aware that he has just 98 tanks.
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06 Jun, 13:31

13:30: General Omar Bradley is waiting for news aboard the USS August, and hears that the battle for Omaha is finally going in the Americans' favour. Coastal bombardment has helped the battle, and now 18,772 troops have landed. It is clearly almost over on the beach.
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06 Jun, 13:05

13:02: it is not lost on many that the morale of the defenders has collapsed. General von Oppeln-Bronikowski, making his way through Caen, notices a group of soldiers stumbling through the rubble, drunkenly singing Deutschland Über Alles.
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06 Jun, 13:01

13:00: John Snagge is reading the lunchtime news to listeners across Europe, many of whom listen for news on the invasion. One listener is Anne Frank, who wonders if this means she will be able to go back to school.
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