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Shrooms: A Christmas Origin Story
When painting a mental picture of Christmas, we imagine Santa Claus, Christmas trees, and mistletoe. We are told that Santa delivers gifts from the North Pole on a sled drawn by flying reindeer, but what if Santa was a psychedelic hallucination? Learn more about the Amanita Muscaria theory and how a trip could have influenced the development of modern-day Christmas in Western societies.
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When painting a mental picture of Christmas, we imagine Santa Claus, Christmas trees, and mistletoe. We are told that Santa delivers gifts from the North Pole on a sled drawn by flying reindeer, but what if Santa was a psychedelic hallucination? Learn more about the Amanita Muscaria theory and how a trip could have influenced the development of modern-day Christmas in Western societies.
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