About this episode

The episode discusses the Hogfather and Christmas traditions through the lens of Terry Pratchett's work.

Death is covering for a festive anthropomorphic personification, coming down the chimney with presents, a cushion up his robe and attempted jollity. Despite wanting to be normal, Susan investigates what's happened to the Hogfather and discovers something that'll set your teeth on edge. Meanwhile the wizards are finding unusual household spirits popping into existence. We discuss Christmas - er Hogswatch- traditions, cool mythic stuff, and how Pratchett masters both profound statements about humanity and dodgy puns. You can find the Podcast on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/DiningTableDiscworld BlueSky: dtdiscworld.bsky.social E-Mail: diningtablediscworld@gmail.com Our intro and outro music is Beyond Infinity by user BlenderTimer on Pixabay.

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave, Cathy

Topics covered

• Christmas traditions
• Hogswatch
• Terry Pratchett
• mythology
• humor
• anthropomorphic personification

Keywords

• Hogfather
• Death
• Susan
• Christmas
• Hogswatch
• Terry Pratchett
• mythology
• humor
• puns

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Facebook, BlueSky, Pixabay

Books & works: Beyond Infinity, Hogfather

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