Welcome to Ephemeral Rift Podcast episode 37 where I talk about: how the Christmas holiday can be tough for people for various reasons; briefly touching on the topic of the loss of loved ones; job loss & corporate layoffs (greed, exploitation, unions, loyalty, equality, etc.); anti-capitalist attitudes in a capitalist society (consumerism, commercialism, etc.); reasons I love & hate the Christmas holiday; the real story of Santa Claus and the fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) mushroom; Ari Aster's horror movies Hereditary and Midsommar