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What's fact? What's just an old wives' tale? Read up on these persistent, sometimes creepy, totally believable urban legends to separate truth from myth.

Myths and Legends

Lists for people who grumble, "I hate the holidays."

Bah, Humbug

Santa Claus

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blizten, but do you recall the most terrifying <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/worst-things-happened-christmas/laura-allan" target="_blank">Christmas </a>characters of all? For some time now, Christmas has been a terrifying holiday masquerading as the &quot;most wonderful time of the year.&quot; As much as we may love Santa Claus and his predecessors for shelling out presents to good boys and girls during the yuletide season, we mostly ignore that it&#39;s a reward system with traumatic consequences for a social contract none of us ever agreed to.

Yet, Santa is the least offensive (aside from being the de facto overlord) of these characters as he only deals with those who end up on his &quot;Nice List.&quot; But what happens to those who end up on his Naughty List? Do they get a lump of coal? Perhaps; in some traditions -&nbsp;ancient and modern -&nbsp;we bad boys and girls don&#39;t get off so easily. Here we unveil some of the most scary and traumatizing characters who have <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/christmas-ghost-stories/kellie-kreiss" target="_blank">haunted the most wonderful time of the year</a> throughout the ages.

So what is the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-holiday-horror-movies-2010s/erin-cody" target="_blank">scariest Christmas legend</a>? This list will give you a foundation of how evil, scary and twisted the holidays can be.

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Terrifying Traditional Christmas Legends

General

Scary Christmas Legends | List of Evil Christmas Traditions

Molly Mahan

Language

Sadly, there are no funny alternative titles for Lost in Translation (though it is called Lost in Tokyo in Israel). Nevertheless, it&#39;s amazing what translators and marketers get from films and how they think it is best to market them to different national audiences. Read on to have your mind completely blown by some of the most nonsensical, ridiculous, and full-on spoiler giving titles of films from around the world.&nbsp;

Sometimes words don&#39;t work well in other languages, that&#39;s just a fact of life and the pitfalls of local dialects. So what are the funniest foreign movie titles? Take a look here and you&#39;ll see how sometimes words do get lost in translation.

Foreign translations of film titles often end up... a little mixed up. Some make no sense at all, while some cut right to the heart of the film, by passing any artistic thought or meaning. In any case, these are the funniest, oddest, most absurd foreign translations of film titles that have been dreamt up (and released) so far.

Many of these movies can be found on <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-foreign-films-on-netflix-instant/polkadotking" target="_blank">Netflix</a> or <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-foreign-films-on-amazon-prime/ranker-film" target="_blank">Amazon Prime</a> (in English, of course). If you&#39;re a movie buff, also check out the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/list-of-all-foreign-legion-movies/reference" target="_blank">Best Foreign Legion Movies</a>, the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-oscar-winning-foreign-films/ranker-film" target="_blank">Best Oscar-Winning Foreign Movies</a>, and the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/20-german-must-see-movies-of-the-21-century/clive" target="_blank">Must-See German Movies From the 21st Century</a>.&nbsp;

The 17 Most Absurd Translations Of Film Titles

Film

Funny Foreign Film Titles | List of 50 Bad Film Title Translations

Are you the "music guy" on your virtual trivia team? Read up for some fun facts and little-known info that will score you maj points.

Name That Song

Songs

Here's a list of songs whose meanings we completely miss because we either don't listen to lyrics properly or we just take the song at face value, ignoring any origins or intent of the artist. Or we just don't even realize what the lyrics really are. Then, one day, your world breaks down. The real meanings of these popular songs will shock you.Everything you knew and loved about these songs is about to turn out to be a lie because that songs you thought were innocent and sweet are often actually about the opposite. Think &quot;Born in the USA&quot; is a patriotic anthem? Think again.Hopefully, learning the truth about these popular songs doesn't shatter your world too much, though it will certainly make you think twice at the next karaoke night.

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