Tis the season!
If you’re like me, then you want hibernate through the entire holiday season and avoid images of burly men with white beards at all costs. With Christmas right around the corner, however, and in honor de-emphasizing men in our holiday iconography, here’s a list of women that you may consider celebrating instead of St. Nick: Similar to Santa, but way better because she’s a woman, La Befana is an Italian Christmas witch.
Originating from oral lore, Frau Holle is probably a Christian version of the Germanic Goddess of Winter, Holda, who was celebrated during Yule time. If you’re looking to go back to Christmas’ thinly veiled pagan roots, consider ditching Santa for a mighty woman who controls the weather.Another figure originating in Germanic Paganism, Frau Perchta is the flip side to Holda.
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