Saint Catherine's Day Taffy Pull

Show Notes

On the fifth day of Minute Women Christmas, Linnea and Grace gave to me... a weird and scary saintly story.

On the 25th of November, Saint Catherine's Day, young Quebec women pull taffy and give the candies to their sweethearts! But what is the origin of this Christmas-kick-off tradition? Well... let's just say Saint Catherine won't put you in the festive spirit.

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