Gather round, children, for stories about lesser-celebrated Christmas animals.

Yule felines, yule arachnids, yule goats and even yule marsupials - this Christmas episode has them all.

Further reading:

Feast your eyes here on the truly breathtaking Christmas tree worms (Spirobranchus giganteus) who manage to look festive all year round.

More on the terrifyingly gorgeous Icelandic Yule Cat story here.

And Christmas spiders.... get wrapped up in their story here.

Music:

Six White Boomers sung by Bucko & Champ.

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Produced by Colette Kinsella for Red Hare Media.

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