Happy holidays everyone, it’s me, Katie Goldin, your host of many parasites! Today, on the second part of our two-part holiday special, we’ll be creating our own non-denominational holiday using evolutionary biology to make this magical time of year scientifically accurate! We’ll talk the biology of reindeer, and the best bacteria-filled lightshow in the world! With special guest Jamie Loftus of The Bechdel Cast.

FOOTNOTES: 

1. Cute reindeer noses
2. Reindeer eyeballs magically change color
3. Glowing Firefly squid looks like festive holiday lights
4. Glowing railroad worm
5. Foxfire (not firefox) glowing fungus
6. Angler fish's deadly but festive glowing light